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Posted by dE|_ on 01/01/08 16:54
"Harlan Messinger" wrote in message
news:5tt4c3F1fblqqU1@mid.individual.net...
> RafaMinu wrote:
>> On Dec 31, 8:00 pm, Bergamot <berga...@visi.com> wrote:
>>> RafaMinu wrote:
>>>> [spam about] Consulting and teaching positions:
>>>> ...
>>>> Recruiting Manager
>>>> Human Factors International
>>> This bit of spam I don't get.
>>> 1. A bona fide HFI representative wouldn't be using a hotmail address
>>> 2. HFI should have no need to spam Usenet with this stuff and I can't
>>> fathom them doing it
>>>
>>> It's inconceivable to me that this spammer is even remotely associated
>>> with HFI. What benefit could he possibly get out of this?
>>
>> And who says I'm a HFI representative?
>> I find the information interesting and I post it here because it might
>> be of interest to other people.
>> What's the problem?
>
> It's unusual for people to read an ad for some arbitrary service with
> which they have no affiliation and to be seized by the urge to place a
> note about it in multiple Usenet newsgroups in which they don't
> participate purely for the benefit of people they don't know. It isn't
> unreasonable in these cases to suspect that the note is a more-or-less
> disguised ad posted by a person who stands to benefit, directly or
> indirectly, from the posting.
And then when I pulled a sarcy reply, I get a wonderful and highly
informative one back.
Hmm...
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