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April 3rd, 2006

The gullible: back with a vengeance

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Oddly Enough, ,

Just when we were lamenting the passing of April Fools day — see the posting immediately below this one — there is fresh evidence that tricking large numbers of people isn’t necessarily a lost art.

I draw your attention to the Wired report on top internet spoofs: http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/internetspo ofs/ , compiled by Drew Lewis of fark.com.

They’re all there — savetoby.com, bonsai kittens, money from Bill Gates, etc. 

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