On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 02:28:48PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anybody know how this scam works?
I think this is what you're looking for:
http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm
J.
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On Sat, 6 May 2006 14:39:52 -0600
Paul E Condon wrote:
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> Wikipedia is great for learning the urban folklore about how it
> works, but does anybody *know* how it works?
I can't figure out what you're asking here. Are you asking if
someone reading has been scammed, and can describe how it works?
On 5/6/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does anybody know how this scam works?
There's an amusing account of baiting one of these scammers at
http://spl.haxial.net/nigerian-fraud/
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On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 04:07:36PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Paul E Condon writes:
> > Wikipedia is great for learning the urban folklore about how it works,
> > but does anybody *know* how it works?
>
> It's bloody well obvious.
>
> > And what is the success rate? And the income generated?
>
Paul E Condon writes:
> Wikipedia is great for learning the urban folklore about how it works,
> but does anybody *know* how it works?
It's bloody well obvious.
> And what is the success rate? And the income generated?
Write to the scammers' trade association. I'm sure they publish a slick
broc
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 04:24:28PM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote:
> On Sat, 6 May 2006 14:28:48 +0200
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 11:50:17AM +0100, John Stumbles wrote:
> >>
> >> mrs_stellamohamed wrote:
> >> >Dear Friend,
> >>
> >> [snip Nigerian scam]
> >>
> >> Brilliant
On Sat, 6 May 2006 14:28:48 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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,
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'
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> But what befuddles the mind, or my mind at least, is: do they actually
> get customers to ante up?
According to the authorities they take in tens of millions every year.
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On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 13:10:19 +0100, John Stumbles wrote:
> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> >Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >
> >>On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 11:50:17 +0100, John Stumbles wrote:
> >>
> >>>mrs_stellamohamed wrote:
> >>>
> Dear Friend,
> >>>
> >>>[snip Nigerian scam]
> >>>
> >>>Brilliant - you
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 11:50:17 +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
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 11:50:17 +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
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 11:50:17 +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 sur
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.
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