At Least It?s Honest - No Fluff Just Stuff

At Least It?s Honest

Posted by: Nathaniel Schutta on July 18, 2007

I’ve seen my share of spam over the years and most of the time I’m just stunned anyone falls for it. I mean, come on - who actually thinks that some stranger needs to move 10 or 20 million in hard currency out of their war torn/ravaged country and for some reason they trust YOU to help with this critical mission? Sure, it sounds like a great deal but, gez, I doubt my 4 month old would fall for that. But, we don’t live in Lake Wobegon so it I suppose it shouldn’t be that surprising. Anyway, of late there’s been some spam on the Firebug discussion group and while I’ve deleted most of it on site, this one caught me eye:

Road Map To Riches - Another 2-UP Scam

Road Map To Riches is yet Another 2-Up scheme in the pipeline! Akin to EDC Gold and Passport to Wealth among others, this program is designed to suck gobs of cash out of you and leave you wallowing in your embarrassment for having been so foolish.

Wow, how refreshingly honest! I really pity the person that falls for that line.

Nathaniel Schutta

About Nathaniel Schutta

Nathaniel T. Schutta is a software architect and Java Champion focused on cloud computing, developer happiness and building usable applications. A proponent of polyglot programming, Nate has written multiple books, appeared in countless videos and many podcasts. He’s also a seasoned speaker who regularly presents at worldwide conferences, No Fluff Just Stuff symposia, meetups, universities, and user groups. In addition to his day job, Nate is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches students to embrace (and evaluate) technical change. Driven to rid the world of bad presentations, he coauthored the book Presentation Patterns with Neal Ford and Matthew McCullough, and he also published Thinking Architecturally and Responsible Microservices available from O’Reilly. His latest book, Fundamentals of Software Engineering, is currently available in early release.

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