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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>FYI:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>An onslaught of email invitations coming
from BuddyTV.Com appears to be annoying already. The title of the email is
somewhat deceptive: "You Got A Gift from (name of sender who doesn't know
about spamming activities)". At the next line of the bluish email, it says
"Get Your Gift" and it is followed by another statement "Find
out what you got by clicking the button." Of course, most uninformed
Internet users would click the button. Who wouldn't want a gift? But guess
what? When you click the button you'd land on BuddTV <a
href="http://www.buddytv.com">website</a>. Isn't this the same strategy used by
Plaxo and GoodTree? Farther down, you'd read this catchy statement: "Come
check out the shows I love and see if we have any in common. Or just get the
latest inside scoop on your own favorite shows." BuddyTV appears a good
boy at last. Here's the line: "This email was sent to (your compromised
email address) at the request of (name of email sender). If you would rather
not receive emails from us, please cick here. If you remember the Plaxo
brouhaha in which this website was sending unsolicited emails to people's
address books, to the anger and dismay of the Internet crowd, you may see a
familiarity of this kind of tactic. The problem is that millions of Internet users
are careless. Look at how Nigerian scammers laughed all the way to the bank.
According to a BBC report, they ran away millions of dollars just by sending
tear-producing emails: "Oh, I'm dying. I need your help. I have billions
of money in my bank in </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Nigeria</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>. They don't want me to withdraw so I contacted you. Let's divide
the loot." Plaxo, BuddyTV, GoodTree, and many other websites don't scam
people. But look, once they've amassed millions of emails and contact
information, they sell their websites in tens of millions of U.S. Dollars. In
the case of Plaxo, Comcast just closed a hefty deal. Comcast acquired Plaxo for
$170 Million. Is there money in spamming? It's all up to you how you'd answer
this question.</span></font></p>
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<p><b><i><font size=4 color=navy face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-size:
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color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Marshall</span></font></i></b><font
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