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	<title type="text">Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Africa</title>
	<subtitle type="text">News and views from a Software Architect and Web Entrepreneur on Java, PHP and Web 2.0 Technologies.</subtitle>

	<updated>2010-11-06T16:30:27Z</updated>
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			<name>Angsuman Chakraborty</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Spam + Donation = Spamation? Is it acceptable?]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.taragana.com/?p=5609</id>
		<updated>2009-03-02T12:03:05Z</updated>
		<published>2009-03-02T12:00:54Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Africa" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Spam Watch" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I got this interesting spam in my comments today:
Please, do not delete the given message. Money obtained from spam will go to the help hungry to children ugandf
What do I do?
I figured someone who can stoop so low as to spam is not likely to donate his ill-gotten wealth. Secondly there are better ways to ... <a href="http://tech.gaeatimes.com/index.php/archive/spam-donation-spamation-is-it-acceptable/" title="Spam + Donation = Spamation? Is it acceptable?">Read more >></a>.]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>Angsuman Chakraborty</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[419 Nigerian Scam Hits The Blogs]]></title>
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		<updated>2008-02-08T15:41:21Z</updated>
		<published>2008-02-08T15:41:21Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="419 Scam" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Africa" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Company" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Country" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Microsoft" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Nigeria" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Pro Blogging" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Web" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Web 2.0" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Yahoo" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Claim" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Microhoo" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[With the popularity of blog spamming, can Nigerian scammers (and spammers) be left far behind? Here is an interesting attempt to scam, posted as a comment on blog against this article:
Name: frank taylor &#124; Email: frank****@yahoo.com &#124;  URL: http://KindAttention &#124;  IP: 41.210.17.190 &#124; Feb 8, 9:06 AM &#124; Type: normal [[A (sub)human being ... <a href="http://tech.gaeatimes.com/index.php/archive/419-nigerian-scam-hits-the-blogs/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : 419 Nigerian Scam Hits The Blogs</a>.]]></summary>
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	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Angsuman Chakraborty</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Calling Card of Nigerian Scammers]]></title>
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		<updated>2008-01-07T15:54:50Z</updated>
		<published>2008-01-07T15:54:50Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="419 Scam" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Africa" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Country" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Nigeria" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Spam Watch" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Web" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Fact" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Met" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[You can safely delete any messages contains with:
&#8220;correspondence may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not met&#8221;

This appears to be an often repeated phrase of nigerian scammers these days and is worth searching for in content of your emails for direct deletion (nuke).
... Read : <a href="http://tech.gaeatimes.com/index.php/archive/calling-card-of-nigerian-scammers/">Calling Card of Nigerian Scammers</a>.]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Angsuman Chakraborty</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Finally Single LED (&gt; 1000 Lumens) As Bright as Incandescent Bulb]]></title>
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		<updated>2007-09-10T07:12:59Z</updated>
		<published>2007-09-09T18:19:14Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Africa" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Country" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Headline News" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Science" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Cnn" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="LED" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Nasdaq" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Why" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE), a leading innovator in LED lighting components, today announced it has demonstrated light output of more than 1,000 lumens, an amount equivalent to the output level of a standard household light bulb, from a single LED. A single-die LED, driven at four amps, produced 1,050 lumens in cool white and 760 lumens ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://tech.gaeatimes.com/index.php/archive/finally-single-led-1000-lumens-as-bright-as-incandescent-bulb/">Finally Single LED (> 1000 Lumens) As Bright as Incandescent Bulb</a>.]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Angsuman Chakraborty</name>
						<uri>http://blog.taragana.com/</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Most Trusted Bank Informs Me As Recipient of Beneficiary Fund]]></title>
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		<updated>2007-08-30T18:23:33Z</updated>
		<published>2007-08-30T17:06:34Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="419 Scam" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Country" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Headline News" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Humor" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Nigeria" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Web" /><category scheme="http://tech.gaeatimes.com" term="Victoria" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Imagine that you have received a notification from a Bank that you are the lucky recipient of a beneficiary fund. What would be the bank you can absolutely trust, even with your life? You guessed it&#8230; it would be the Central Bank of Nigeria. Today I received this amazing offer:
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS ... Read more : <a href="http://tech.gaeatimes.com/index.php/archive/most-trusted-bank-informs-me-as-recipient-of-beneficiary-fund/">Most Trusted Bank Informs Me As Recipient of Beneficiary Fund</a>.]]></summary>
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