WTF?? eBay using Tux as a symbol for Internet fraud???

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WTF?? eBay using Tux as a symbol for Internet fraud???

Post by pabut » Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:01 pm

eBay Australia has a fraud awareness page and a related flash game, both of which feature a depiction of a fraudster as a balding, bespectacled man (not unlike Pat) with Tux, the Linux mascot, prominently displayed on his shirt. I don't get it .... if you support Linux you're a scammer????

http://pages.ebay.com.au/protectyourself/

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Post by Patrick » Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:43 pm

Balding?! It may be gray but I got plenty! :)
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Post by tuxtorials.com » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:44 am

The game is kinda fun mind!
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Post by dann » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:30 am

I cannot play the game for some reason. The times I have tried I got a service unavailable. Furthermore, it appears as if they removed the tux image from the guy's shirt.

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