"Happily Ever After"
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08/10/2004 09:24 PMRetiree Happily Bankrupts Himself For
Nigerian Spammer
Retiree Happily Bankrupts Himself For
Nigerian Spammer
12/24/2003 02:57 AMgluefreak writes in with quite a story about a retiree who
fell for a
typical 419 Nigerian scam, basically giving up everything he had.
He sold all his stock, mortgaged his house, sold two cars, signed up
for 25 credit cards, and gave whatever else he had to the scammers.
However, that's not the most incredible part. After all of this, and
after he's been told about how this is a very typical scam, he
still insists he wasn't conned. He believes that his
"associates" in Africa have been nothing but honest with him, and it's
corrupt government officials who are keeping his money from him. Part
of this might just be a defensive response to keep himself from
admitting that he's fallen for quite an old con. I'm still shocked
that anyone could still fall for such a scam - to the point of giving
away about a quarter of a million dollars to people you don't even
know. On a lighter note, though, this gives me another chance to link
to the
Outside the
Inbox music compilation inspired by spam, including the
brilliant song about 419 scams,
Urgent Business Relationships by
MC Frontalot.
RIAA Files More Lawsuits, Happily
Getting The Wrong Message Out
RIAA Files More Lawsuits, Happily
Getting The Wrong Message Out
12/03/2003 04:58 PMNo surprise at all, but the RIAA has now
launched their third
set of lawsuits against those they accuse of copyright
infringement for distributing works without the copyright owners
permission via various file sharing services. The more interesting
part of the article, though, is that the RIAA claims they're
convincing people that downloading is illegal. They mention a recent
study "showing 64 percent of Americans understand it is illegal to
download music." That's nice... except for the fact that it isn't
actually illegal to download music. It is most likely illegal to
download certain pieces of music, but there's plenty of music out
there that musicians
want you to download and share. Of
course, those musicians generally aren't supported by RIAA-member
labels, so the RIAA couldn't care any less about them.
Mexico 'Dirty War' Tale Ends Happily,
Victim Found (Reuters)
Mexico 'Dirty War' Tale Ends Happily,
Victim Found (Reuters)
01/03/2005 09:52 AMReuters - Aleida Gallangos met her brother in
Washington last week for the first time since he was kidnapped
by Mexican police 30 years ago, closing one chapter in the
annals of Mexico's "dirty war" on a rare joyous note.
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