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Lame Spam of the Day: Loan Offer from Kiva

Robert Weiner

I guess Kiva has attained sufficient mindshare to become a phishing tool. Sender: Kiva Micro Financial Loan Company <kiva@yahoo.com> Subject: APPLY FOR YOUR LOAN AS LOW AS 0.2%. of beating your self up, contact Kiva Micro Financial Loan Company now, Loan. General Consultant,Kiva Micro Financial Loan Company.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Identity 2.0

See3

In philanthropy, for example, the people-to-people connectivity of a Kiva is not a new concept, but the internet makes it possible on a new scale. Maya 31 Jan 2008 Maya Norton Dear Michael, Don’t know if you saw it, but my last comment posted here last week was supposedly marked as spam. Did it show up in your filter?

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Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Hogwash! - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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5) The furor about “junk mail” is mild compared to that about spam—as it should be, because online communications is prey to all sorts of fraud. Ive seen a lot of trends in more than three decades in this industry, and read a lot of history about advertising media. Whats the saying: Time waits for no man.

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