I did not post the article above, and I did not use the words 'that's how it is being spun now', those were yours and they are what prompted this, you chose the forum.

The email you refer to which explained the whole thing in some detail was sent to the one person whose reputation might have been harmed but if I had not I would not have been able to tell if he had fallen for it or not (highly unlikely anyway) because identifying information is hashed to make sure that even I can't accidentally leak who fell for it.

My email is in my profile, feel free.