Re: [OT] Re: CALL FOR HELP
On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 12:24:51AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
| on Wed, Mar 27, 2002, Elizabeth Barham (soggytrousers@yahoo.com) wrote:
| > =?iso-8859-1?q?=20?= <maryamintouch@yahoo.com> writes:
| >
| > > FROM: MRS MARYAM XXXXXXX
| > > XXXXXX COTE D' IVOIRE
| > > TEL:XXX- XX-XX-XX-XX
|
| <snip>
|
| > What are you all's opinion of this letter? Did anyone else respond to
| > the others? Is anyone going to help this person by visiting that part
| > of the world? Is there anyone on this list living in Abidjan?
|
| (One of my canned rants)
|
| The above is an example of the "Nigerian Scam", also called 419 Letters,
| or just plain 419.
There's also a Congo variation I've actually received.
-D
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