> Dear Eric, > > > Be careful whose sappy story you buy! > > Why are you forwarding this nonsense? The 419 scam > is all of a piece. > > As with forwarding hoax virus warnings, you aren't > doing anyone any favors, I think. > > Regards, > > Jim > http://cambist.net/
I agree that I tire of seeing reposts of crap like the Nigerian scam, but the sad reality is that people must still be falling for it. I was over at Google Answers the other day and saw what I thought was an interesting question posed by a guy, who wanted to know what legal and taxation ramifications there were when a foreign entity invested a large sum of money into his US company. After paragraphs of quite intelligent sounding questions, he mentioned that he wondered how the Nigerian Royal Family found out about him. I fell on the ground laughing. For 99.9% of the piece I read, I thought I was looking at a smart guy, then I thought "how dumb". Truth is that he wasn't dumb. He just hadn't been around the block as many times as the rest of us. I'm sure there are a few people on this list who are newcomers to the game - we all were at some stage. I know it's annoying, but I see a difference between posting a warning about a real scam, and posting a message to people telling them watch out for viruses that don't exist and asking people to mail the warning as far and wide as possible. What do you think Jim? Please don't shoot me if you disagree - I'm not stealing your car or anything (Private little joke, folks) BRYAN --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
