Hi Mike and List Members, >I am the widow of the former ruler of Timbuktoo and I >have
This scam as been around since the day after Al Gore invented the internet (just kidding, about Gore that is). I used to receive these things via the postal service and I routinely used to turn them over to the investigations unit but like the Campo del Cielo that was lost enrout to Norway last December, I have yet to hear back from the USPS. >IS THERE A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY TO >WHICH I CAN REPORT EACH >TURKEY THAT DOES THIS? Yes, but they are located in Timbuktoo :-) Seriously, there probably is but what good would it do. Your email address was harvested by an automated piece of code, placed in a database and matched to various versions of that letter, then sent to you. The process is completely automated - unless of course you send some money :-) Besides, you can't even get live telemarketers to stop calling, so I doubt anyone can stop these guys. -Walter ----------------------------------------------- Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B Savannah, GA 31405 USA www.branchmeteorites.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael L Blood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 1:46 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Apologies > Hi all, > Apologies for a non-meteorite post, BUT, I do think this is efecting > everyone.... > I don't know about y'all, but I keep getting an INCREASING number of > solicitations from nit wits from other countries with a story along the > lines of: > " I am the widow of the former ruler of Timbuktoo and I have > 27 million dollars I have to get out of this country without being detected > by the terrible oppressors who killed my saintly hustband. I heard you are > an honest person, so, I want to send it all into your account and give you > 15% for the favor" > It always goes on and on. > This wasn't so bad two or three times a year, but it is now up to 5 > or 6 times a week. > IS THERE A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY TO WHICH I CAN REPORT EACH > TURKEY THAT DOES THIS? > If so, PLEASE tell me the email address to foreword these absurd > scam artists who pray on the truly lame brained. > Sorry for the non-meteorite post, but I bet everyone on this list > would LOVE the opportunity to do more than just hit "delete" when > this crapolla comes to us nearly every day. > Thanks, Michael > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
