At 12:00 AM -0500 3/7/02, e-gold Discussion digest wrote: > > >The Nigerian thing is a classic: >> >>Year in year out I receive this letter probably 3-4 times/yr as SPAM. The >>only difference I see in this one is that they took the time to update it >>for recent world events. But it is always the death of an husband, the >>husband is always a "prominent" figure and it's always in the $20M+, and >>always in Nigeria >> >>The 1st time I saw that letter goes back AT LEAST 10 years... no kidding. ><SNIP>
*I manage to get them about 3-4 times/MONTH as SPAM. Amazing how similar they are. I engaged one guy, from Sierra Leone or somewhere like that, in conversation. Claimed to be a lawyer named Charles Colson. Had numerous emails back and forth, but he really came up with nothing in the way of information. All sorts of claims, though, especially that since he wasn't from Nigeria, it couldn't be a Nigerian scam! <G> The brother of a friend of mine was actually at Heathrow, $25K in cash, going down to Nigeria to consummate the deal. We were able to intercept him about an hour before he boarded. He was not unpleased after being fully educated. :)) And ten years doesn't even come close. I used to get them via snail mail in the early 80s, as I recall, about once a month. As someone said, you've gotta be truly stupid and/or greedy to get taken on one of these deals. Eric -- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
