They must be stepping up their attack of these scam letters. I usually
receive one or two of these a year, but, for some odd reason, just in the
last few weeks I've received several.
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Steven Montgomery
At 08:25 PM 10/31/2002, you wrote:
I know there's a lot of hilarity in this thread, but in
Here's what the State Dept. has to say about doing business
in Nigeria--
http://travel.state.gov/tips_nigeria.html
CBS News had a report about a Nigerian confidence scheme just
two or three weeks back. Seems a secretary in a law firm got
a notice quite similar to Jim's. I think they wanted
An interesting note in my mailbox today...
(spoken in Maxwell Smart accent):
The old Nigerian bank funds fraud. That's twice this week.
Apparently, what the Nigerians really want is to get out of Nigeria. That's why they
want to steal your money. Or to dupe you into arranging a meeting with
Stephen Beecroft wrote:
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Jim, your cynical lack of faith in mankind leaves me shocked and
appalled.
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Take heart, Stephen. I suspect the scam will probably pay off--at least
for somebody. :-)
I am truly pleased at the prospect of success of others. Having
personally attained a level
At 04:48 AM, Friday, 11/1/02, Mark Gregson wrote:
Apparently, what the Nigerians really want is to get out of
Nigeria. That's why they want to steal your money. Or to dupe you into
arranging a meeting with them somewhere outside of Nigeria. I read an
article a while back about Internet
I know there's a lot of hilarity in this thread, but in all seriousness, you
should let your local authorities know -- I presume that means the FBI in your
case. The Nigerian scam has been going on since the early '80s when we used to
get faxed letters from Nigeria where I worked (no, wait a
