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To: joseffy who wrote (18189)	8/25/2006 5:59:51 PM
From: scion	Respond to of 19428

The 'phishing expeditions' and other methods used by the tricksters are not new and a lot of people got caught before publicity exposed the tricksters. Unfortunately many people still get conned. Some experts have estimated there are as many as 150 million phishing e-mails sent over the Internet each day. Look at the Nigeria 419 scam - it still reels in enough gullible people to make it worthwhile for the scamsters, in spite of all the publicity and warnings about it. home.rica.net

To: joseffy who wrote (18189)	8/26/2006 1:14:58 PM
From: scion	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

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