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stupandaus
on July 30, 2019
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Tracking Sex: Implications of widespread data leak...
This is a line in "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" (Guy Ritchie film)! Was this a scam in the real world as well??
cm2187
on July 30, 2019
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I think that's where I must have heard it then. Though I am sure it must be inspired from a real scam, like most books/scenarios.
lilsoso
on Aug 2, 2019
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The scheme is found at an earlier date in a novel by Jerzy Kosinski. I believe it's in his book called "Steps" (1968), however I forget exactly which work it's in.
The scam seems to be well known. I presume it happened sometime.
taxidump
on July 31, 2019
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Also included in the movie Snatch. Big black dildos were used...
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