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December 4th 04, 08:10 PM
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this is cool....
free digital camera, as seen on CNN and BBC, sign up for a cool free
offer, refer some friends and you are done! U.S. residents only. see for yourself: http://www.cameras4free.com/default.aspx?r=85381 
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December 4th 04, 08:57 PM
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billybeer wrote:
free digital camera, as seen on CNN and BBC, sign up for a cool free offer, refer some friends and you are done! U.S. residents only. see for yourself: http://www.cameras4stupidpeople.com/...t.aspx?r=85381 If this spam offer is for U.S. residents only, why is the BBC involved? -- jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
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December 5th 04, 12:23 AM
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It seems to be a scheme to get people to spam newsgroups. Every
communications forum that I've been in lately is full of "free camera" or "free Ipod" messages. "billybeer" wrote in message om... free digital camera, as seen on CNN and BBC, sign up for a cool free offer, refer some friends and you are done! U.S. residents only. see for yourself: http://www.cameras4free.com/default.aspx?r=85381
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December 5th 04, 12:23 AM
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It seems to be a scheme to get people to spam newsgroups. Every
communications forum that I've been in lately is full of "free camera" or "free Ipod" messages. "billybeer" wrote in message om... free digital camera, as seen on CNN and BBC, sign up for a cool free offer, refer some friends and you are done! U.S. residents only. see for yourself: http://www.cameras4free.com/default.aspx?r=85381
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#5
December 5th 04, 02:07 AM
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Would this have been a BBC or CNN news article about naive people falling
for scams like this??? As seen on TV (like America's Most Wanted or COPS) "billybeer" wrote in message om... free digital camera, as seen on CNN and BBC, sign up for a cool free offer, refer some friends and you are done! U.S. residents only. see for yourself: http://www.cameras4free.com/default.aspx?r=85381
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December 6th 04, 05:06 PM
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On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:23:56 -0500, "Michael A. Covington"
wrote: It seems to be a scheme to get people to spam newsgroups. Every communications forum that I've been in lately is full of "free camera" or "free Ipod" messages. A nit... It's not a scheme to get people to scam newsgroups, but rather a scheme to get valid email addresses and other information. The carrot is the free whatever; I'm seeing these for cameras, Ipods, TVs, and other items. They all work as a pyramid scheme; the first few get their toy, the rest get spammed. "billybeer" wrote in message . com... free digital camera, as seen on CNN and BBC, sign up for a cool free offer, refer some friends and you are done! U.S. residents only. see for yourself: http://www.cameras4free.com/default.aspx?r=85381 -- Bill Funk Change "g" to "a"
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December 6th 04, 05:06 PM
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On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:23:56 -0500, "Michael A. Covington"
wrote: It seems to be a scheme to get people to spam newsgroups. Every communications forum that I've been in lately is full of "free camera" or "free Ipod" messages. A nit... It's not a scheme to get people to scam newsgroups, but rather a scheme to get valid email addresses and other information. The carrot is the free whatever; I'm seeing these for cameras, Ipods, TVs, and other items. They all work as a pyramid scheme; the first few get their toy, the rest get spammed. "billybeer" wrote in message . com... free digital camera, as seen on CNN and BBC, sign up for a cool free offer, refer some friends and you are done! U.S. residents only. see for yourself: http://www.cameras4free.com/default.aspx?r=85381 -- Bill Funk Change "g" to "a"
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