How A Scammer Got Condé Nast To Pay $8 Million With One Email

[ssclafani]

http://blogs.forbes.com/williampbarrett/2011/04/03/conde-nast-paid-8-million-to-scammer-who-sent-one-email/

[jnorthrop]

I could not get through that article with all the "clever" references to Condé Nast publications. When did Forbes turn into the NY Post.

[brianbreslin → jnorthrop]

I agree. Part of me thought it was a "clever" attempt at SEO. to pair each of their publications with this scam topic. Or was the author just trying to be "cheeky" ?

[beagledude → jnorthrop]

The article was almost unreadable, agreed

[sparkygoblue]

Would have been a pretty interesting story if the author hadn't ruined it with his, "haha, look how clever I can be" style with all the references to different publications. Whatever happened to journalists just reporting a story?