Security News > 2016 > April > Scams from the 1800s (Schneier on Security)
2016-04-11 11:49
They feel quaint today: But in the spring of 1859, folks were concerned about another kind of hustle: A man who went by the name of A.V. Lamartine drifted from town to town in the Midwest pretending to attempt suicide. He would walk into a hotel according to newspaper accounts from Salem, Ore., to Richmond, Va., and other...
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