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Previously on "Scamming the Scammer:"
"Vivi," a 29-year-old single woman from Washington state contacted me on a social networking Web site. Vivi wants to be my new friend but I am suspicious so, using the nom de plume "Ignatius," I write to her and pretend that we knew each other in high school.
Vivi is confused and wants more information. In my next e-mail, I mention some familiar names in hopes of jogging her memory:
Vivi, Vivi, Vivi!
My long-ago love, why do you pretend not to remember me? Back when we were seniors together at Hermann Goering High School, we spent every free moment together - lunchtime, study hall, even detention hall after we were caught dancing on top of the principal's desk in our underwear.
Now you pretend not to know me! Why? For answers, I went to one of your old high school friends, LaVerne DeFazio, who explained that you suffered some sort of industrial accident several years ago while working at Shotz Brewery in...
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