May 2008 Archives

It's time for another tool to keep in your skepticism toolbox. The title alludes to our many apparent relatives in Nigeria that keep sending us letters requesting our aid in transferring money from Prince Eboh to us (by the way, based on the huge sums of money continuously being freed up over there, there must be something like 50% of the World's wealth locked up in Nigeria).

We all scoff at 419 scammers, because they're hopelessly stupid and the e-mails they send out are poorly worded and obvious. The key is for us to never fall into the trap of believing that all scams look this way, or that if we can figure out the 419 scammers, we can figure out all scammers. Hey, people are buying into John Edward and dousing so...

Enough blather. Here's the site: http://www.skepticwiki.org. The layout should be familiar, as it's based off of my old favorite, Wikipedia. There's rarely enough skeptical material organized in one place, but this is a great start. Check it out and get thinking!

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