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   Authenticate all you want, but pointing to a Wikipedia article does not
                             authentication make

> From: "Alice Walton" <[email protected]>
> To: Recipients <[email protected]>
> Subject: YOUR GIFT
> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 23:03:10 +0100
>
> I, Alice Walton authenticate this email, you can read about me on:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walton ,
>
> I write to you because I intend to give to you a portion of my Net-worth
> which I have been banking. I want to cede it out as gift, hoping it would
> be of help to you and others too. Respond to this email:
> [email protected]
>
> With joy,
>  Alice Walton
>

Methinks someone has been watching “Mr. Robot” a bit too closely [1]. Just
like I'm sure that Alice Walton [2] didn't really send me that email.

[1] http://thewikipedian.net/2015/08/26/mr-robots-wikipedia-hoax-right-wrong-and-definitely-interesting/
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walton

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