| New Twist On An Old ScamVirtually anyone
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| | caused a stir over trading music and
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| with an email account eventually receives
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| | the illegal CD-ROMs people made on their
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| a message running one of the oldest
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| | computers, wait
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| scams in the book.Often referred to as
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| | until everybody gets a DVD burner!The
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| the "Nigerian Letter," this scam
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| | average price for an excellent DVD burner
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| involves getting a message from someone
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| | has dropped
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| in a foreign
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| | well below $400 and medium to low priced
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| country claiming to need a way to get
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| | computers now
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| 21.5 million dollars
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| | include DVD burners as standard
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| out of the country (the first country
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| | equipment.The only thing holding back the
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| used in this scam was
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| | avalanche of DVD copying
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| Nigeria, hence the scam's name).He knows
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| | seems to be the rather hefty cost of
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| that you "are a trustworthy individual"
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| | buying blank DVDs.With an average price
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| and if
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| | of $1.50-2.00 each, blank DVDs cost
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| you'll just send him your bank account
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| | far more than blank CDs, which run
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| information he will
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| | around 20 cents each.But, if you look
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| deposit the money in your account and
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| | back about 6 years, blank CDs used to
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| give you 15% of the
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| | cost
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| deposit.Of course, after you give up
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| | a dollar apiece, so it won't take long
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| your banking information the
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| | for the price of
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| scammer empties YOUR account.Well a new
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| | blank DVDs to drop.When that price drop
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| scam has spawned to take advantage of one
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| | does come and every home with a
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| of the
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| | computer can also duplicate full-length
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| web's most successful and widespread
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| | movies on DVD,
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| activities - online
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| | watch for one of the biggest upheavals
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| auctions.The scammer sends you an email
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| | in the history of
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| offering to purchase an item
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| | Hollywood.It will make the music
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| you're selling through an online auction
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| | industry's crackdown on illegal
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| or in the
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| | music sharing look as mild as a 5 minute
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| classified section of your local
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| | "time out" in the
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| paper.They tell you a relative living in
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| | local pre-school class.~ Yahoo! - Still
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| the area will pick up
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| | King! ~In a bid to capture even more of
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| the goods, however, when the check
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| | the world's search engine
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| arrives, it's made out
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| | traffic, search giant Yahoo! recently
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| for more than the agreed price (often
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| | purchased the web's
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| thousands more).The bidder asks you to
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| | largest pay-per-click search engine, In
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| refund the difference and keep a
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| | the process (and more importantly), since
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| percentage for your "trouble."Of course
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| | the
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| the check is forged and, if you refund
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| | commissions from pay-per-click
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| the
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| | advertising with Overture
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| difference, you can kiss your money
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| | represent a major source of revenue for
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| goodbye.Moral of the story: free money is
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| | most of the other
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| only free for the person
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| | major search engines, Yahoo! definitely
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| who steals it from you!~ The Coming
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| | holds the upper
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| Storm Over DVDs ~If you thought Napster
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| | hand.
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