I sorta gathered that the reason they send spam in broken english is a part of the psychological warfare involved in the con game. They expect the average american to think that they would speak broken english and so they produce that image both to meet expectation and possibly to emphasise the image of "i need help". If they appear to be more competent I would expect fewer people would be interested in taking the bait and "helping" them.
Speaking of which -- my mother called me the other day. I hear from her semi-annually... apparently she's had a run-in with some short-con people. She'd been seeing a Dr. and the secretary at the dr's office decided to take it upon herself after she missed a payment or two (not a large sum or a long period of time) to make her sign a paper agreeing to a specific amount monthly (she had a verbal agreement with the Dr. that she would pay when she was able). The next day she's got 2 guys calling her and double-teaming her, making threats of jail time and insisting that she write out a check to give to a "courrier" they'll send to her house. Freaking scum. > Hm...my take on it was - pay to send me these books and > I'll give you > my cc number to recoup your costs. But, it's hard to say > for sure. The > English is rather convoluted. > By the way, people in Nigeria speak excellent English - at > least those > in Lagos and most major cities do. > On 5/9/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does anybody know how this con works? It looks >> fundamentally similar >> to the other Nigerian cons, but it's inverted -- the >> guy's claiming he >> wants to order books from you and that he'll give you >> _his_ credit >> card number when he has a quote. What's the angle? >> Anybody know? >> >> > Hello Good Day Sales, >> > How are you doing i am Dr Samuel Montel of the >> > bellview >> > university for the Deaf and Dum..anyway i would like >> > to >> > order for these Textbooks and bibles please give the >> > total cost and the shipping charges to Lagos-Nigeria >> > via >> > any courier service after-which i will give you my >> > credit >> > card details for payment of the books s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156876 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
