: Spam

[DanG]

"Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:

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>Poster:       "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
>Subject:      Re: : Spam
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>At 4/3/2010 04:59 PM, Robin Hamilton wrote:
>>Equally true, there's little new under the sun -- the Nigerian Scam is
>>simply an electronic variant of the old Spanish Prisoner Con.
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>As is the "Help! My wallet's been stolen."  Assuming it's a fat
>wallet.  And both can certainly be called "phishing."
>
>Joel
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