[LMB] Programming, was: Re: OT: Afterlife
Marc Wilson
marc.wilson at gmx.co.uk
Wed Nov 4 19:05:44 GMT 2020
On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 13:35:30 -0500, Matthew George <matt.msg at gmail.com>
wrote:
>The saying "you can't cheat an honest man" isn't true, but it arose from
>scams that required the target to be duplicitous or dishonest in some way.
>Of course, there are plenty of scans that merely require people to be
>gullible, and honesty is no defense against that.
>
>Matt "Nigerian prince willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for
>banking assistance, anyone?" G.
Not a good example, as most 419 scams are based on the marks being
complicit in raiding funds to which they are not entitled.
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