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Subject:Re: New Spam Trick From:"Tony G. Rocco" <trocco -at- NAVIS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:57:45 -0800
I got one with a subject line that said, "Did I tell you about this?" It,
too, was for an "adult" website.
They know every trick in the book.
- tgr
At 4:36 PM -0500 11/12/97, T. Mazza wrote:
>As a tech writer, I fell for this one "here's what you've been looking
>for". As
>I'm always looking for info of one sort or another, I opened it only to find
>some junk about adult videos. I was livid! :-<
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>On Nov 12, 1:41pm, Betty Guthrie wrote:
>> Subject: Re: New Spam Trick
>> There's another new spam trick I've recently fallen for -- but only
>> once! The subject line was "I found you!"
>>
>> Naturally, I thought it was some long-lost friend who'd been looking for
>> me online. Nope. Pure, undiluted spam.
>>
>> Betty Champagne Guthrie
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