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To: John Trader who wrote (49049)	7/11/2001 12:37:24 PM
From: mitch-c	Read Replies (2) of 70976

Another aspect is that the internet makes it much harder to BS people in my opinion. Ummm ... allow me to cite: 1) Virus hoaxes ("Fire Hazard! AOL has just said that flame email will ignite your computer!") 2) Chat rooms (two cops, each posing as teenagers in separate stings, just busted each other as supposed pedophiles ... now that one has multiple layers of deception ...) 3) Marketing Spam and commercial hoaxes ("As Nigerian Minister of Economy, I need your help moving $30 million out of my country ...") 4) Sympathy ploys ("boy with terminal cancer collects business cards ...") Oh, the opportunities for deception exist anywhere blindly trusting people do. As with anything else in life, YOU are responsible for checking the facts and details. Some of my favorite sites for dispelling scams are: Viruses: symantec.com Financial: quatloos.com Urban Rumor: snopes.com And, for insights into human behavior (separating fact from fiction), this one's a classic: darwinawards.com - Mitch

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