John
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 04:32:47 -0700, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Herb Chong wrote:people who track the spam industry. it was a newspaper article a few months back, either on the BBC or NY Times web sites. they were the same people that estimated that out of the average 100M spam messages sent out for a single item, they needed about 2000 respondents to make money. the Nigerian government acknowledges it as one of their major sources of income.
Herb....
Not that it's all THAT important, but is "100M" meant to stand for 100 thousand, or 100 million?
Different trades/industries don't agree on what the M symbol stands for, so if it is ever important to understanding, it's a good thing to spell it out.
To stay on thread, it's still amazing to me that there's any truth to this seemingly absurd claim that an entire government would rely on scamming income. And especially one as stretching of belief as their tale-of-woe letters offer.
But then, the claims go on and on, and people DO continue to discuss it as tho' it had merit...
keith
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:13 PM Subject: Re: OT: Warning about Nigeria Buyer
it would have to be a very large family. it has been estimated that scams are the #2 source of the country's income, behind oil.
Who estimated that?
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