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scamming the scammers January 11, 2016 4:12 pm SDG

Saw this Ted Talk and it reminded me of Robert’s bit of fun he shared here on the zone messing with one of those e-mail scammers so many years ago. Robert whatever happened with your Rooster Codburn e-mail exchange? (pretty sure I misremembered your nom de plum)

Check out the video its pretty funny.

https://www.ted.com/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email

  • Hilarious! by Robert 2016-01-11 18:01:48
    • Great video, thanks for the link by mcfly 2016-01-11 17:06:17

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