Re: IT really works!!!

Christoph Burschka wrote:
Joshua Cranmer schrieb:
I will be making money easily. I am sure that there is some sort of reward for turning in a marketer of a pyramid scam....

I only see this response, but not the original message. From what I have read, this is because some news servers filter spam at the server side, but the replies don't get filtered, so the spam indirectly gets through.

If this is correct, then replying to (or worse, quoting) spam in newsgroups is actually a really bad idea because you ensure that a message which a lot of users might have never seen spreads everywhere.

Actually, replying is better even if you missed the original post, because the reply is so entertaining. And what harm does spreading the message do, if it comes with the information to disabuse?

Of course, you are entitled to your opinion that the reply makes it worse. Me, I saw the original post so it's all the same to me. I'm sorry you missed it; these spam scammers are amusing in their utter stupidity. The OP sure was. What a maroon!

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Lew
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