On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 05:41:37PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > At 03:59 PM 03/27/02 -0600, Elizabeth Barham 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 for confidentiality] > > > >I responded to a similar letter a while back concerning the civil > >unrest in Nigeria and the plot of smuggling funds into the United > >States, but the recipient failed to respond. > > > >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? > > You call the number and a big charge appears on your phone bill. > > These are getting common, and have been in the press lately. I haven't called it, but my guess is this isn't a phone charge scam. Rather, it's the Nigeria money scam all over again; you open an account and they promise to put zillions in it, but first you have to deposit some seed money for various reasons. After that money disappears you end up feeling like the idiot you were for beleiving that someone who has access to stolen money wants _you_ to help invest it / move it out of the country / whatever. > Of course, maybe someone really is trying to give away millions to millions > of people. Other than Regis Philbin and Ed McMahon (PCH), I don't think so. -- Nathan Norman - Micromuse Ltd. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com Gil-galad was an Elven-king. | The Fellowship Of him the harpers sadly sing: | of the last whose realm was fair and free | the Ring between the Mountains and the Sea. | J.R.R. Tolkien
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