419 letter (was Re: CDR Anonymizer <cpunks_anon at einstein.ssz.com> ?)

Karsten M. Self kmself at ix.netcom.com
Sun Sep 23 16:25:05 PDT 2001


on Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 07:35:58AM -0400, Steve Furlong (sfurlong at acmenet.net) wrote:
> Karsten M. Self wrote:
> 
> > ...neatly sidestepping the fact that fraud is a crime, stupidity isn't.
> 
> Stupidity _is_ a natural crime. Mommy states have attempted to repeal
> that law, but succeed mainly in redirecting the costs of stupidity from
> the stupid to society as a whole.

Oh.  So it *is* legitmate to swindle senile dowagers of their
investments?

Interesting sidelight of my 419 research:  one likely target are Utah
Mormans:

  - Helpful intentions.
  - Not averse to making a buck.
  - Highly insulated from the real world.

Peace.

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