Seems likely to me that every half-decent scam, without exception, will find gulls in every new generation.
Not quite the same thing, but I remember a comment on a bulletin board during one of the wars that sprang up in southern Africa after the white government in South Africa fell and was taken over by the locals. I don't remember her identity, but I pictured her as a young woman just from her comment: "I don't understand. Didn't me learn anything from Viet Nam?!" "Viet Nam?", I asked myself incredulously. Why Viet Nam? Did we learn anything from the Korean conflict, from the American civil war, the 100 Years' war, the Peloponnesian war, from Cain vs Abel? Why does this young thing expect that Viet Nam would finally be the War to End All Wars? Same thing here. Every generation has to learn all over again. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* Times will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain, therefore, awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters. -Plato */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2023 07:00 My father was a journalist, and about twice a decade he would write a feature article on scams. I was shocked at the fact that criminals could successfully use well known ancient scams instead of inventing new ones. I would have naíevely thought that nobody in this day and age would fall for the, e.g., Bank Examiner, Pigeon Drop, but, alas, they do. The same applies to security breaches; I can understand getting caught by a day zero exploit, but why are people getting caught by things we've known about for decades? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
