Watertown, NY, USA . "Public Square" (vintage, date unknown) but the monument is honoring veterans of the American Civil War so the date of the image is late 1800s

Sunday, April 23, 2017

something struck me as a little odd if not flat wrong a Snapple ad that basically said that the "Nigerian Scam" started in the 1800's and the scammers needed social security numbers, now i admit the ad was funny but.........see on the left a link to 'social security numbers'......they weren't issued until 1935.........now i know it was funny, and given leave for artistic licence not with standing i half expect to see something on line stating the historical fact that the "Nigerian Scam" has it's origins in a telegraph message in the 1800's, appearing somewhere in social media any day now........oy vey

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