On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 09:55:39AM +0400, Nugzar Nebieridze wrote: > >>>>>> "Dansuki" == Dansuki Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dansuki>> I am prepared to invest 20m pounds sterling in your company if > Sorry for off-topic, but I'm curious, WHY do people write such > messages? WHAT do they need? My account information? > > Can anybody answer me? This is a version of the "Nigerian Scam" also known as the "419 Fraud" which is used to launder and/or steal money through a well meaning business person found by an unsolicited email or fax. There are lots of details online about it (http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/ would be a good place to start). -- Steven Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination -- but the combination is locked up in the safe. -- Peter DeVries GnuPG public key: http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~scbarker/pubkey.asc Fingerprint: 272A 3EC8 52CE F22B F745 775E 5292 F743 EBD5 936B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
