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419 baiting – keeping online scammers running in circles

Posted 37 weeks 5 days ago by Paul Michael

Consumer Affairs

Hooked
How many of you have received an email telling you that you’ve one a lottery that you never even entered? Or, that a rich widow wants help distributing millions of dollars to the poor? Or, that YOU, and only you, can help free a fortune from a corrupt nation? Well, after years of deleting these cruddy emails I’ve discovered that there is a way to use them against the scammers.

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