Re: Contact My Secretary
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 04:24:28PM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote:
> On Sat, 6 May 2006 14:28:48 +0200
> juro@inmail.sk wrote:
> >On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 11:50:17AM +0100, John Stumbles wrote:
> >>
> >> mrs_stellamohamed wrote:
> >> >Dear Friend,
> >>
> >> [snip Nigerian scam]
> >>
> >> Brilliant - you couldn't make up stuff like this!
> >>
> >> I don't know which I liked better, "his name is Mrs. Stella Mohamed"
> >> or "all the sufferness".
> >>
> >> I'm sure these folks could make more money as entertainers than from
> >> these scams.
> >
> > Does anybody know how this scam works?
>
> Google Is Your Friend.
>
> So Is Wikipedia.
>
> There are literally hundreds of pages out there describing
> how Nigerian/419 scams work.
>
Wikipedia is great for learning the urban folklore about how it
works, but does anybody *know* how it works? And what is the
success rate? And the income generated? And what law enforcement
agencies, if any, are tracking this activity? Etc.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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