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The Wood-head "lit-agent" Spammer

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From: D. Citron
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 00:00
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My question is, why does this numbskull think that anyone will believe
that his is a legitimate business, considering the way he promotes it,
via spam and harassment? (For example there are dozens of postings per
day in misc.writing, all forged! See Deja News!)

(In another thread, I asked why the Collier County (Or is it Monroe)
sheriff hasn't investigated, since these spammers ahve a Marco Island
office in southwest Florida.)

Or is he counting on the small percentage who are newbies, don't know any
better, and who will send him their money on blind faith?

Roughly the same audience that would fall for a bunko scam (see Dragnet
reruns) or fall for a pyramid scam (on or off the net), or who believe
that Elvis is alive or that Socialism Security is an actuarily-sound
fully-funded pension plan!

Posted as a public service by .............................. D. Citron

"The very purpose of the First Amendment is to foreclose public
authority from assuming a guardianship of the public mind. ... In this
field every person must be his own watchman for the truth, because the
forefathers did not trust any government to separate the truth from
the false for us."
                    ...Thomas v Collins, 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
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From: dcitron@gate.net (D. Citron)
Subject: The Wood-head "lit-agent" Spammer
Date: 1997/03/02
Message-ID: <5fcq3s$1veg@dakota.gate.net>
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Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
Keywords: literary agent, spam
Newsgroups: misc.writing,fl.general,alt.journalism.freelance,alt.journalism,alt.journalism.print