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free@rss.ponder.catMB to Hackaday@rss.ponder.catEnglish · 3 months ago

My Scammer Girlfriend: Baiting a Romance Fraudster

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My Scammer Girlfriend: Baiting a Romance Fraudster

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free@rss.ponder.catMB to Hackaday@rss.ponder.catEnglish · 3 months ago
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My Scammer Girlfriend: Baiting A Romance Fraudster
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Nobody likes spam messages, but some of them contain rather fascinating scams. Case in point, [Ben Tasker] recently got a few romance scam emails that made him decide to take a poke at the scam beh…
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    3 months ago

    That was a very long read, and I’m amazed how detailed the author went into his processes (and rules!) to write it up. I was drawn in when he started going over email headers, and hooked by the time he picked up the phone for a call.

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      It’s a good read, really worth clicking through to the blog ( https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/security/seducing-a-romance-scammer.html )

      I can’t wait to share this with my Lemmy girlfriend Nicole ‘the fediverse chick’

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