"The Genre of Scams"

Gordon Byrd

Gordon Byrd is a rhetorically conscious writer with a long career of reading/writing emails. Periodically, he writes articles for magazines as a hobby. Currently, he is enrolled as a doctoral student in ECU's Rhetoric, Writing, and Technical Communication program.

Contents

A Theory of Scams Email Genres

Genre, Authority, & Uptake

The Scam Email Genre

Conclusion

Works Cited

Works Cited

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