[Leica] It was not to be

[afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin)]

We all struggle, but perhaps one day it will come true. Just stay out of 
those
Russian gambling dens ;-)

Alastair
> On March 23, 2014 at 2:58 PM Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:
>
>
> Yesterday I received an email from a "leading photo portal." They had
> seen my photos on flickr, liked them, and wanted to interview me for
> their site.
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/13362129034/
>
> For a moment, I thought my big break had arrived. Something about my
> gently whimsical photos had at last resonated with the Cyber-Zeitgeist.
> Soon I would be a well-known photographer, jetting all over the world
> like Thorsten van Overflow and Princess Joie de Vivre. Who knows, I
> might even be cool like Kyle Cassidy.
>
> Then I looked closely at the email. The flickr user who sent it was
> brand new, had a made-up name, and only one photo on his site--of an
> attractive woman. The link to supposedly set up the interview pointed
> to an inner page at an online gambling site in Russia. Spam at best,
> malware bait at worst.
>
> Oh, well. Back to toiling in obscurity. Be careful out there.
>
> --Peter
>
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