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Department of Homeland Security's guide to online sex ad acronyms

JUNE 4--Who needs the Urban Dictionary when the Department of Homeland Security provides a handy guide to those confusing acronyms used in online sex ads? As seen below, a recent federal search warrant application helpfully detailed, for instance, what COF and DATY mean. The key was included in an April 14 warrant seeking Yahoo! e-mail records for a web site offering a variety of illicit erotic services. (1 page)

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