[IAEP] Fwd: Scam alert: [Fwd: Thank you from One Laptop per Child]

[Edward Cherlin]

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the fact that
G1G1 has attracted its first phishing scam is good news. We have most
definitely arrived. Now all we need is a Nigerian 419 scam where you
can have a share of $100 million that somebody in Nigeria is trying to
smuggle out of the country in order to buy XOs.

*<{%{[}}}   <--bemused geek in clown hat

The address negroponte at laptop.org could exist, but Nicholas doesn't
use it. His e-mail goes through mit.edu. DO NOT RESPOND TO PHISHING
MAIL.

Edward Mokurai Cherlin
Former President
CAUCE.org
global spamfighters


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chris Marshall <jns-cmarshall at comcast.net>
Date: Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Subject: Scam alert: [Fwd: Thank you from One Laptop per Child]
To: "devel at lists.laptop.org" <devel at lists.laptop.org>


I got an email that claimed to be
from negroponte at laptop.org asking for
help with G1G1 but all the links were
not to where they said they were from.
I think it may be phishing or a scam
of some sort.  For example, the link
to amazon.com/XO actually goes to:

http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00140GOQ-WV-PKk0vG2UCW1Iyligz-Y-vTYYeFTfL9NJG-1I4XgKCWk8-WeF7IC2D-9hgtkisNsRQucVAv9EIRn_l9kuHNU3G29iDeWY5_C765ZwGWtDddYPQ==

Be warned.
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