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Old 26-02-2006, 12:46   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by skuzzlebutt
surely that's only effective if the e-mail was sent from a yahoo account?



1. no shortage of them in the world...

2. stupid...or desperate... some of the people who have fallen for this are from the second world themselves....
The reply address is a yahoo account. If Yahoo shut it down, no-one else can get conned. They'll then use another address, which will also get shut down if everyone complained.

1. Well then, they deserve everything they get. Like banks offering students credit cards.

2. Desperation is no excuse. On the same premise, would they rob a bank out of 'desperation'. And... if they're that deperate, why not sell their PC?
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