On Sunday 07 October 2001 07:43, Jack Campin wrote: > > Nice try Mr. Ola. You just got yourself booted from the list for > > spamming! > > > > josh ola wrote: > >> THE DESK OF: > >> DR JOV B. OLA PRINCIPAL AUDITOR) NIGERIAN > >> NATIONAL > >> PETROLLEUM > >> CORPORATION > >> (NNPC) LAGOS, NIGERIA > > This is a bit more sinister than the average spam. It's a kind of fraud > Nigerian crooks specialize in; they usually do it by fax and have found > no shortage of suckers in the UK in recent years. (What kind of idiot > ever responds to a junk fax?) Lots of people have found their bank > accounts thousands of pounds emptier as a result. > > Perhaps it would be worth reporting it to your local police department's > fraud squad, with the original headers. (Or the FBI's internet fraud > division, the address of which I have lost).
A description of the scam, complete with the address of the agency to report it to when it occurs in the US, is at http://www.scambusters.org/Scambusters11.html. Wendy To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
