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Cut him a break!
The thread title is "Another Scam" so the rest of us already have the benefit of having our "scam radars" on alert!
At least he was wary enough to detect a fraud in process as the rest of the incidents unfolded.
We all tend to think we can smell a scam a mile away, but it's easy to fall prey to a few of the tactics under the right set of circumstances.
I'm pretty good at spotting phishing tactics myself, but I years ago I got nailed because of a phish involving signing on to AOL's "Youve Got Pictures". The e-mail arrived at exactly the same time a friend informed me that he had posted pictures on the same site.
The ONLY way to can be truly aware of scams is to not trust anyone first...then go from there.
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