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Bugwatch: Vi@gra anyone? [spam extortion]
vnu network ^ | 26 August 2004 | John Cheney

Posted on 08/26/2004 5:41:30 PM PDT by Lorianne

Some persuasion techniques are more sinister. A recent scam involved 19,000 emails a day sent to innocent internet users, threatening to inform police that their computer had child pornography on it, installed by the spammer, unless a payment of around £50 was made.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: algoresfault; blackmail; bottomfeeders; computercrime; extortion; nooversight; noregulation; porn; puttheminjail; racketeering; ricoact; spam; spammers
Beware
1 posted on 08/26/2004 5:41:31 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

I have a picture of a 4 year old naked.

But he's got lots of fur and barks.
He stands a massive 5 inches TALL!


2 posted on 08/26/2004 5:44:35 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Lorianne

How much is £50 ?


3 posted on 08/26/2004 6:24:43 PM PDT by shiva
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To: Lorianne

PayPal Users...

There is another one out there where someone claims they sent you money to your PayPal account and they are asking for you to send the "so called" money back to them they claim they sent to you accidently. They want you to follow a link in the email so that you can "log in" to your PayPal account and return the money back to them.

These days most of people would know this is a scam, but still some people will fall for it.


4 posted on 08/26/2004 6:30:04 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: brigette

I am still trying to track down the Bozo that wants me to enlarge my penis.


5 posted on 08/26/2004 8:38:40 PM PDT by albertabound (It's good to beeeeee Alberta bound)
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To: albertabound

How did he know it was small?


6 posted on 08/26/2004 8:43:25 PM PDT by Boazo (LOSE THE TAG LINE)
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To: albertabound

Oh buy the way could you send me the money you owe me!


7 posted on 08/26/2004 8:44:48 PM PDT by Boazo (LOSE THE TAG LINE)
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To: Boazo

Thats what I would like to find out.


8 posted on 08/26/2004 8:54:59 PM PDT by albertabound (It's good to beeeeee Alberta bound)
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To: Lorianne
How late is this? Well, I personally posted the full text of this exact scam just under a year ago here
9 posted on 08/26/2004 9:14:47 PM PDT by Don W (It's not our abilities that make us who we are, it's our choices.)
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