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On Dec 11, 2007 1:34 PM, Matt Shields <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > Nope, I didn't hear it. I was laughing too loud thinking about the > guy who just wiped out his entire system because he trusted some guy > off the internet. > > Oh and by the way, my great uncle is in charge of a $100 billion > dollars at a bank in South Africa. If you help me transfer the money > out of the country we can split it, but there are some administrative > fees that will need to be covered, I'm paying for half and I need you > to pay half. It's only $20,000. What's the matter don't you trust > me? We are on the same mailing list. > > I find it strangely funny how "newbies" refuse to take advice from old > timers about best practices, after all we've gone through all the > trials and tribulations. We've learned our lessons. Something bad is > going to happen and the only thing I will say to you is "I told you > so". There's just something about humans that have to learn the hard > way. I'm telling you, do not blindly trust people. Ask your > question, then take the answers and figure out for yourself what they > are doing before blindly running them.
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