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Old 05-12-2009, 06:15 PM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by quantum-x View Post
A lot of people actually surf them to cash in.
I remember reading about one guy who managed about 200+ email addresses that he published everywhere online, to catch huge volumes of spam - to increase his chance of getting in right at the start, and then would ditch out quickly.

I mean, it's real money we're talking about...
Yes, but most of them were still gullible idiots.

I also considered that if you got in quickly you could probably make something of it. Being in Australia my ability to trade US penny stocks was more complicated.

Setting up addresses to be deliberately harvested and spammed is genius!
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