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anarkhos
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04 Dec 2005, 3:09 pm

I recently received a PM on WP from a scammer who, as I've been told, has since been banned. Here is the message:

rossy wrote:

My Dear,
How are you over there?.As for me,i am fine here in Daker Senegal.My name is Miss Rosse Ahijo, from ivory coast in west Africa presently residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar due to the civil war goingon in my country.My late father Dr Patrick Ahijo , was the personal advicer to the former head of state before the rebels attacked my house one early morning killing my mother and my father. It is only my brother and me that is alive now and we managed to make our way to near by country Senegal where we are living now. I would like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes,your hobbies and what you are doing presently. I will tell you more about myself in my next mail. I attach here my picture for you, though i am not all that photogenic,i hope you would'nt mind. I wait to hear from you soonest.my mail address; [email protected]
Miss Rosse Ahijo.

Do a google on her email if you have any lingering doubts.

I hope scammers aren't targeting people with AS, thinking we're easy targets.

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04 Dec 2005, 3:47 pm

I guess in this case it's a good thing that we don't usually trust strangers.

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04 Dec 2005, 3:58 pm

I got that PM too, I just deleted it. Thanks

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04 Dec 2005, 5:35 pm

I don't understand this........what are they scamming for? :?:

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04 Dec 2005, 5:47 pm

KingdomOfRats wrote:

I don't understand this........what are they scamming for? :?:

money lol

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04 Dec 2005, 6:40 pm

I wouldn't mind answering the questions if they remain reasonable. I got a lot of spare time.

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04 Dec 2005, 7:12 pm

One good way to detect scammers is an immediate attempt to gain trust or intimacy. Notice how the e-mail stated a name and asked, "How are you over there?" You'll notice this sort of friendliness in salespeople a lot, too. Tells you something about the whole concept of capitalism!

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04 Dec 2005, 7:55 pm

I fail to see what that has to do with capitalism.

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04 Dec 2005, 9:41 pm

anarkhos wrote:

I fail to see what that has to do with capitalism.

Capitalism encourages the compulsion to sell one's goods by any means—even by shady sales and advertising tactics.

anarkhos
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04 Dec 2005, 9:45 pm

Well, without capitalism you wouldn't have any goods of your own to begin with.

But then you could say the same about time or life or mortality...

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04 Dec 2005, 10:49 pm

anarkhos wrote:

Well, without capitalism you wouldn't have any goods of your own to begin with.

But then you could say the same about time or life or mortality...

That's nonsense. In Medieval society, people owned goods. In socialist societies, people have personal property. The fact is capitalism is broken because it encourages the human instincts of competition, divisiveness, and the glorification of the individual at the expense of cooperation, unity, and the harmony of society.

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04 Dec 2005, 11:07 pm

NeantHumain wrote:

The fact is capitalism is broken because it encourages the human instincts of competition, divisiveness, and the glorification of the individual at the expense of cooperation, unity, and the harmony of society.[/b][/color]

How is that bad?

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anarkhos
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05 Dec 2005, 1:27 am

NeantHumain wrote:

Really? I find socialism does more to disrupt social harmony than anything else. For example labour regulations leading to mass institutional unemployment leading to riots.

If anything, capitalism encourages cooperation through division of labour.

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05 Dec 2005, 2:53 am

I guess it's a good thing I don't give to crackhead/junkie beggars or even the Red Cross. I only give to Samaritan's purse because they will accept supplies of toys, educational materials, and toiletries instead of money.

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05 Dec 2005, 3:22 am

I don't want to get into a long argument about this, but I think my position can be summed up in the quote:
"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite"

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05 Dec 2005, 3:46 am

North wrote:

I don't want to get into a long argument about this, but I think my position can be summed up in the quote:
"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite"

Do you know who originally said that?

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