Hi Peter,

as I explained to Denis, my comment was meant as a warning to be aware. If I knew it to be a scam, I would have said that is was a scam.

And, yes, language can be quite tricky, not so much because of the translation of words, as it is the translation of culture.

Being direct and to the point, as I have found the Dutch (having spent a bit of time with Frank Camp et al. in Weert on several occasions) to be, fits pretty well with me; but then, I don't fit very well in much of Southern US culture. <s>

No problem jumping in; all opinions welcome.

Hank

>Pardon me for jumping in. For me, being Dutch and not a native speaker of English, the expression 'I remember a scam like that' is indeed interpreted to mean that 'that' is also seen as scam. So, I agree with Denis.
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>But now a question. I didn't know that word, so I looked it up on www.dictionary.com (thesaurus). Which meaning was meant: fool, defraud, mislead, trick, false, overstate? Or are they all the same? If not, may it be that Denis had another definition come to mind than Hank meant?
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>To be clear about my own position: I think that we all here should not be too softhearted.
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>>Indeed; and if you want to infer from that, fine, but let's not confuse your inference with my assertion, which was that I remembered a scam like that, not that this a scam. It was a warning to look carefully, not a judgment; that judgment came from your inference.
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>>>You said
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>>>I remember a scam like that
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>>>>I didn't: reread what I wrote.
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>>>>>How do you come to the conclusion that this is a scam?
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