Re: "Need tutor" scam on newsgroup?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg123683] Re: "Need tutor" scam on newsgroup?
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:56:02 -0500 (EST)
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On 14/12/2011 11:08, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: > Well, it seems to me that you have misjudged the probabilities involved. > Think about it: would it make sense for a scammer to learn enough > Mathematica (which is known to have a "high learning curve") to > formulate this sort of question (note that the poster used correct > Mathematica syntax) just on an odd chance that he finds a "pigeon" among > a relatively small group of subscribers? Not to mention the fact that > the post makes enough mathematical sense to be incomprehensible to the > average Internet user (if you don't agree, try asking random people what > a "complex function" is). Note also that the "tutoring" requested does > not involve the use of Mathematica nor even mathematics. > The question was oddly worded, and a good "scam strategy", might be to target newsgroups like this, and just copy text from old conversations - thus appearing to know more about the subject than you really do! I guess any tutoring scam has got to be done under human control - so I would not rule out the idea of a connection. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk
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- "Need tutor" scam on newsgroup?
- From: Chris Young <cy56@comcast.net>
- "Need tutor" scam on newsgroup?