{"id":3529,"date":"2002-11-01T09:44:30","date_gmt":"2002-11-01T14:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2002-11-01T09:44:30","modified_gmt":"2002-11-01T14:44:30","slug":"scam_and_eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/11\/01\/scam_and_eggs.html","title":{"rendered":"Scam and eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a wonderful summary of <a title=\"Making Light: October 2002 Archives\" href=\"http:\/\/nielsenhayden.com\/makinglight\/archives\/2002_10.html#001509\">scams<\/a>, including some marvelous new 419 variants, and a fascinating theory on why these are all so popular:  <i>it&#8217;s a cargo cult.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Good reading.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2002_10_01_archive.html#85626631\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a wonderful summary of scams, including some marvelous new 419 variants, and a fascinating theory on why these are all so popular: it&#8217;s a cargo cult. 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