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I've got this bridge you can buy…
Scammers
use many different tricks but many depend on our good nature, like this latest
scam.
It's easy
to scoff at the credulous nature of those who click the email link and expose
themselves to scammers but those who do are going to be motivated by the desire
to help someone less fortunate than themselves. So go easy on the victims, they
are merely doing what has made humanity great.
Conversely
scamming may also be one of the oldest professions of mankind. Chimpanzees
regularly scam each other out of food by shouting their equivalent of
"Look out, there's a lion coming" and stealing everyone else's fruit
as they rush for the trees. It seems some habits die hard.
August 22, 2005 | Permalink
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