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I don't remember if it was the same guy, but I got an email that had the same the gist of your description (down to the Bitcoin payment). This guy told me that he had recorded all of my "activities" through my webcam. Which was news to me because I don't have a webcam.

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if the fed is worried about banks not lending, they could always lend directly. oh wait, i forgot the fed is privately owned and this whole thing is a racket.

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Past is prologue. Also, more complicated than I can deal with.

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See my comment above about MBS and the banks getting bailed out while homeowners got fucked (without a kiss or any lube). Those senior citizens working as Walmart greeters? Many were retired and thought their homes were safe; best investment they ever made. They're underwater, taking workshops at Walmart on how to get government benefits.

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Oh, yeah, that's a thing now.Someone bought a list of email addresses and associated passwords from one of many security breaches off the dark web, and is spamming the addresses in hopes of scaring someone into coughing up money. Or at least that's how this scam started -- lately they've been getting lazier and lazier with the scare part, at least in the ones I keep finding in my spam folder.

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I got a mortgage (not a refi) on a small condo back in '88. Within 5 years my mortgage was transferred 3 or 4 times. At the time, I thought it was a tad weird - and that was one reason I decided to pay off the mortgage early. Perhaps FDF can do an econsplainer on this mortgage-transfer thing.

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Congratulations, Zyxomma! I'm glad to see your resolve will pay off.

I'll drink (coffee, it's 10 am) to a decent boss, agreeable co-workers and nobody stealing your milk from the break room fridge.

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It's what they do best.

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And OMG, now it's "Vote for me and I'll cure childhood cancer AND AIDS!!!!!11!!!"

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There was fuckery responsible for the Great Flush of 2008, of course. Shrub thought his actions would help, while Trump does shit without caring about real-world consequences. Motivation matters when we're assessing blame.

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Thanks. I make cold brew at home, and don't ever drink or eat dairy products.

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Fuck that. Eat your clothes, too.

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OT: Obnoxious spam from "Save You"

Some fucking idiot is spamming me 100+ time most days threatened to send video of me doing one of my favorite activities to everyone on my contact list if I don't send some amount of Bitcoin (I did say he is a idiot) to his wallet. Once in a while his bot gets kicked off his current server and I don't get anything more until he breaks into another server. That typically takes about a day.

Is this happening to anyone else or am I just special?

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It's the Nazi playbook. They declared an emergency six weeks into Hitler's chancellorship and never looked back. And they got themselves a real emergency after they went to war.

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Sorry, insufficient caffeine

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When you work for yourself you can find out what an idiot you have for a boss.

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