A little bit of light reading for the weekend

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I just got this in the mail — it was sent to a long-abandoned, spam laden account — and figured I would pass it along. A bit of nostalgia to cap off
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And in other news, Bill Gates has stepped down from the Microsoft Board.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51883377

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Myst, Microfix

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Wow. He left the board of Berkshire Hathaway, too.

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I have read that he plans to dedicate himself to the charity work he and his wife have been doing. Or, maybe. it helped that Satya, quite unexpectedly, gave him a PC with Windows 10 and shouted: Surprise!!!

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The Yahoos will be all over this and promptly pawned!

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ok, cant resist. wondering if “your claim agent Dr. Mac Johnson,” has properly vetted “Yours Sincerely Jesus’ Colon?” too bad they aren’t including offers on any reasonably priced masks and\or TP…

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But you know it’s authentic Woody- must be cuz it’s got an official stamp and a barcode even though it’s email.

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My Lawyer will be contacting you shortly as I am suing you for causing me uncontrollable fits of merriment; convulsions actually!

More seriously, how could anyone be so stupid to fall for such a poorly designed scam. And poorly written in non-British English at that. Then there are the items: Windows Live, Micro Soft (two words) and a sum of money far beyond reason as well.

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“0 Mar 2020” is an alternate way to identify Leap Day.

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More seriously, how could anyone be so stupid to fall for such a poorly designed scam. And poorly written in non-British English at that. Then there are the items: Windows Live, Micro Soft (two words) and a sum of money far beyond reason as well.

Many did fall for the “Nigerian” scams.

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More seriously, how could anyone be so stupid to fall for such a poorly designed scam. And poorly written in non-British English at that. Then there are the items: Windows Live, Micro Soft (two words) and a sum of money far beyond reason as well.

Many did fall for the “Nigerian” scams.

Unbelievably it’s true.

I know one person who fell for it (or rather is falling for it) 2 or 3 years ago and is still sending them money, every month. He also managed to convince at least two other people of this (husband and wife). Together they sent who knows how much money, but I’m pretty sure it’s at least € 60.000/70.000, and it’s still ongoing, no matter how many times they were told it’s a scam.

One of them was evicted for not paying rent, the other two had to change home because they couldn’t afford their mortgage.

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They are from Yahoo & Micro Soft (!) and use Yandex & oh horror of horrors, Gmail!!!

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