In article <1175275598.612636.231310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups .com>,
"Old Boy" <mazoldboy@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Amusing account from a cop of how a lot of people drawn in by web
> fraud are just greedy people who think theyre making a quick buck.

The same is mostly true of people who fall for traditional con jobs.
Many online fraud schemes are simple variants of cons that have been
around for decades.

The main difference in the online cases is the scale. A traditional con
man can usually only work on one mark at a time, but a spammer can
target millions.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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