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date    = "2025-07-20T17:42:38+00:00"
lastmod = "2025-07-20T17:42:38+00:00"
tags    = [ "web" ]
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Scam and spam emails these last few years have been mixing up those metaphors.

  > Have you heard of [Pegasus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware))?

  > I'm some kind of God who sees _everything_. However, _don't_ panic. As we
  > know, God is merciful and forgiving, and so do I. But my mercy is _not_ free.

  > Just google "buy coin" and then it will be no harder
  > than buying some useless stuff on Amazon.

I think they lost most of their targets by starting off with a reference to the
thoroughbred flying dutchman.