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	The Sting [HD DVD] EDITION:  HD DVD MANUFACTURER:  Universal Studios Home Entertainment RELEASE DATE:  16 January, 2007
	The Sting EDITION:  DVD MANUFACTURER:  Universal Studios RELEASE DATE:  31 March, 1998
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Sting Music:

	The Thomas Crown Affair: Music From The MGM Motion Picture Sting, Nina Simone, Bill Conti and Various Artists EDITION:  Audio CD MANUFACTURER:  Ark 21 RELEASE DATE:  07 September, 1999
	We Brave Bee Stings and All Thao EDITION:  Audio CD MANUFACTURER:  Kill Rock Stars RELEASE DATE:  29 January, 2008
	Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 Sting EDITION:  Audio CD MANUFACTURER:  A&M RELEASE DATE:  08 November, 1994
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Books on Sting:

	Lyrics Sting EDITION:  Hardcover MANUFACTURER:  The Dial Press RELEASE DATE:  23 October, 2007
	Center Court Sting Matt Christopher and The #1 Sports Writer for Kids EDITION:  Paperback MANUFACTURER:  Little, Brown Young Readers RELEASE DATE:  01 October, 1998
	Yoga Beyond Belief: Insights to Awaken and Deepen Your Practice Ganga White and Sting EDITION:  Paperback MANUFACTURER:  North Atlantic Books RELEASE DATE:  02 January, 2007
	Doctor Who: Sting Of The Zygons (Doctor Who (BBC Hardcover)) Stephen Cole EDITION:  Hardcover MANUFACTURER:  Random House UK RELEASE DATE:  05 July, 2007
	Shape Of My Heart (Art & Poetry Series) Sting and Pablo Picasso EDITION:  Hardcover MANUFACTURER:  Welcome Books RELEASE DATE:  01 September, 1998
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Scammer targets people who've been ripped off already

Here's a nice little variant on the traditional 419 scam letter that showed up in my inbox this morning: THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED AMONG THE 40 LUCKY VICTIM OF SCAMMED TO BE COMPENSATED WITH $500,000.00.FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,THIS WAS CONCLUDED BY THE SENATE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,SENATOR wALLIS KELLY WITH DELEGATE FROM THE UNITED NATION AND WORLD BANK AT THE AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT WHICH TOOK PLACE IN ADDIS ABABA IN (ETHIOPIA) AIMED AT REDEEMING THE COUNTRY'S IMAGE AND ALSO TO TRY TO PUT ANEND TO THE INCESSANT SCAM REPORTS BY FOREIGNER ESPECIALLY FROM USA AND AROUND THE GLOBE.YOU HAVE BEEN LISTED AND APPROVED FOR THIS PAYMENT AS ONE OF THE SCAMMED VICTIMS TO BE PAID THIS AMOUNT. In David W. Maurer's classic 1940 book The Big Con (the basis for the movie The Sting), he describes how con-men would put their victims on the hook again and again, fleecing them, then convincing them to go home and borrow or steal everything their could from their friends in order to get their original money back. Like a desperate gambler doubling down, the poor marks would get deeper and deeper, and at every stage, it got easier for the grifter to con them again. So here's the modern variant of it -- fleecing people who've been burned by scammers. Previously: Enron was a real, non-metaphorical Big Con - Boing Boing Stock-bubble as Big Con - Boing Boing Fun book: The Modern Con Man -- How to Get Something for Nothing ... How con-men make their faces look trustworthy - Boing Boing Nigerian Letter scammer convinced to carve replica Commodore 64 ... Hank Paulson's bailout 419 letter - Boing Boing Were McCain Supporters 419-scammed by Nigerian "African Press ... 419 scammers tricked into re-creating Dead Parrot Sketch - Boing Boing NPR "Xeni Tech": Scambaiters and Monty Python, 419-style - Boing Boing Dutch court locks up 419 scammers - Boing Boing 419 victim shoots Nigerian diplomat - Boing Boing Dick Cheney's 419 letter - Boing Boing Nigerian Letter scammer convinced to carve replica Commodore 64 ......
Published: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:19:01 GMT - Source: Boingboing.Net - Read the article

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