Robert Weiner

AUGUST 29, 2011

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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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

The direct mail world was broken the instant the first email was sent, but 80% of all email sent is spam. Kiva breaks it. The newspaper classified ads were broken forever by the Internet, thanks to a one-two punch from the likes of Monster and Craigslist. And the nonprofit fundraising world is being broken a little bit at a time too.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

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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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

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. August 23, 2009 | Gordon Steen As a consumer, yes, I do get more direct mail and all kinds of spam. It does take time for humans to catch up and catch on.

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