Hold on a moment here!
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On 01-Apr-05 at 23:20 WA5CAB at
cs.com wrote:
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eBay, PayPal or on-line banks. Those are all
recognizable out of hand,
and can be treated as wolves are.
Picking a nit... You could have picked a better analogy. Wolves are sociable
critters. I would greatly prefer their company to that of any spammer.
Contrary to popular belief, wolves are not the mindless "man eaters"
that they are often made out to be. They are, in fact, pretty timid where humans are
concerned. Unfortunately, "timid" does not make for sensational headlines or
even more sensationalistic movies, so wolves are often made out to be 102% opposite what
they are in reality.
If I may... The phishing schemes (and spam in general) come from people (and I use
the term loosely) who have all the redeeming social characteristics of toxic slime mold.
I'll shut up now and stop causing topic-drift. Keep the peace(es).
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