I find atheists very religious, but I agree would probably not fall for this angle as frequently.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drsolly Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:18 AM To: Richard M. Smith Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] Spam Kills We've all seen this religious-angle spam; I imagine that religious people are more gullible than non-religious, on the average. It would be interested to test that hypothesis. You'd take a bunch of regular church-goers, and a bunch of atheists, and find some aburd impossible proposition, and see how many of each group you could convince of it. On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Richard M. Smith wrote: > http://www.theregister.com/2007/04/10/nigerian_murder_trial/ > > > Trial in 419-related murder under way > Nigerian scam claims another life > By Dan Goodin in San Francisco > Published Tuesday 10th April 2007 19:21 GMT > > Nigerian 419 scams have bilked untold billions of dollars from people > who have more hope than sense. A trial underway in the US will detail > how one scheme claimed the life of a Tennessee minister whose wife is > accused of gunning him down after it came to light she fell victim to > Nigerian-style swindlers. > > Mary Carol Winkler, who according to news accounts is 33, stands > accused of first degree murder. Her husband, Matthew, was found dead > of a single wound from a 12-gauge shotgun blast suffered while he lay > sleeping. Earlier in the evening, the two had argued about the dire > state of their family finances, according to news reports from the Associated Press and other outlets. > > A day before the murder, the Winklers' bank notified them they had > fallen prey to an advance fee fraud in which she deposited $17,500 in > fraudulent checks into family accounts. Prosecutors say Mary was at fault in the scam. > She likely fell victim to a variety of the scam that uses religious > angles to gain a victim's confidence. (Attorneys for Mary say Matthew > was aware of the deposited checks and say their client is not guilty. > They have stressed the couple's argument involved other disagreements > as well.) Additionally, Mary is reported to have had a weakness for online gambling. > > Such scams are frequently dubbed Nigerian or 419 because they are said > to have originated in that country, where article 419 of the Nigerian > criminal code prohibits such activities. Since the early 1990s, > criminals in many other countries have adopted the technique. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
