On Monday 29 September 2003 07:26 pm, rikona wrote: > Hello Bryan, > > Sunday, September 28, 2003, 3:24:16 PM, you wrote: > > BP> However, in the case of Nigerian scams, it most likely was their > BP> real address, albeit pointed at a free email account that is > BP> basically throwaway. > > It was a Nigerian ISP. Who knows - it might even be run by the > "Chamber of Commerce." Not very likely they will crack down on > spammers. :-)
Believe it or not, the 419 used to designate Nigerian scams comes from the Nigerian criminal code that these guys are violating by running the scam. Nigerian authorities do try to track these guys down when they can. Think about it, when your country becomes famous based on some criminal activity, it is sort of hard to attract legitimate investment, not that it would be easy with all the unrest around that part of the world anyway. Given the long history of criminal activity, scamming in general that dates back to the colonial era, and general disrespect for laws and society in general attributed to a variety of reasons, you can't really blame them for not having cleaned up the whole cesspool. Like spam, it is a sizeable job. However, I suspect that if you tracked down the ISP, you would discover that they offer free mail accounts and the one in question is being accessed from an Internet cafe of some sort. That is usually the way that the scammers work there. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer
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