Re: OT: Warning about Nigeria Buyer

[Herb Chong]

M in the finance industry stands for Million the BBC tends to follow that 
convention too, when they don't spell it out. the Nigerian government isn't 
saying that they are counting it as government income. it's part of their 
GDP.

Herb....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Warning about Nigeria Buyer


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...