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Almost everyone who is on line or even has a cell phone has encountered a familiar and
perplexing nuisance: an email or text with a job offer to make lots of money while working from
home. These messages seem like obvious scams but how do they work? Alexander Sammon, a
feature writer for Slate, conducted a personal experiment to find out by taking one of the jobs
he was offered. The result is a hilarious article detailing not just what it’s like to be ripped off
but also illuminating the new grift economy that flourishes in the internet age as Donald Trump
pursues his agenda of deregulation and the promotion of crypto currency. I had enormous fun
both reading Alex’s article (which I can’t recommend highly enough) and talking to him about
his strange experiences.
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Almost everyone who is on line or even has a cell phone has encountered a familiar and
perplexing nuisance: an email or text with a job offer to make lots of money while working from
home. These messages seem like obvious scams but how do they work? Alexander Sammon, a
feature writer for Slate, conducted a personal experiment to find out by taking one of the jobs
he was offered. The result is a hilarious article detailing not just what it’s like to be ripped off
but also illuminating the new grift economy that flourishes in the internet age as Donald Trump
pursues his agenda of deregulation and the promotion of crypto currency. I had enormous fun
both reading Alex’s article (which I can’t recommend highly enough) and talking to him about
his strange experiences.
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