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Re:The Perfect Scam by nickolai on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @08:50AM (#2709261)
Regarding fake antivirus software : The idea itself is not that innovative. Fake medicines have been part fo the crooks's easy-money-toolbox for ages. This just applies the "you look tired and sick. buy our snake oil to cure your ills" approach to computer users.

The tendency to pay up for dubious remedies of uncertain value is nothing new. Some ways of proposing expensive fake solutions to nonexistant problems are even legal.

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Re:The Perfect Scam by pygy_ on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @09:30AM (#2709389)
> Some ways of proposing expensive fake solutions to nonexistant problems are even legal.

Could you give some examples?

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Re:The Perfect Scam by jordan0day on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @11:58AM (#2709955)
Monster-brand HDMI cables? Maybe this doesn't qualify because you "need" a cable -- it's just that the functional difference between the $10 cable and the $150 monster cable is essentially nil.
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Re:The Perfect Scam by Klinky on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @10:04AM (#2709498)
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Re:The Perfect Scam by rl41 on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @09:40AM (#2709426)
Homeopathy?
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Re:The Perfect Scam by hvs on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @11:12AM (#2709742)
Most "herbal medicines".
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Re:The Perfect Scam by kenjackson on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @01:46PM (#2710414)
In this case and homeopathy, the solution is fake, but the problem is usually real.
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Re:The Perfect Scam by mattmanser on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @01:49PM (#2710430)
That's not entirely true, how many crooks went round poisoning the water before starting to sell the tonics?
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Re:The Perfect Scam by ryanklee on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @02:52PM (#2710717)
Yes, how many?

Pretty fair question to answer before making the claim that it's "not entirely true" -- how true or not true depends on the number.

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