{"id":8189,"date":"2004-01-11T23:47:22","date_gmt":"2004-01-11T23:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/most_pathetic_scam_of_the_year.html"},"modified":"2004-01-11T23:47:22","modified_gmt":"2004-01-11T23:47:22","slug":"most_pathetic_scam_of_the_year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/most_pathetic_scam_of_the_year.html","title":{"rendered":"Most Pathetic Scam of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But then it&#8217;s only January:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This e-mail was sent by the CitibankOnline sevrers to veerify your email<br \/>\nadress. You must cmloepte this prcesos by clicking on the link<br \/>\nbelow and enttering in the little window your Citi-bank Debit<br \/>\nCard Nummber and card pin that you use on local ATM.<br \/>\nThat is donne for your pcretotion -Z- becourse some of our membres no<br \/>\nlnegor have acecss to their email addsrsees and we must verify it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, YES, let&#8217;s send our debit card and PIN number to a seriously spelling-impaired spammer. LET&#8217;S. <\/p>\n<p>Are there people our there who would? Are there?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But then it&#8217;s only January: This e-mail was sent by the CitibankOnline sevrers to veerify your email adress. You must cmloepte this prcesos by clicking on the link below and enttering in the little window your Citi-bank Debit Card Nummber and card pin that you use on local ATM. 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