Also, BTW, the US Secret Service has requested that e-mail related to the perpetration of this scam be forwarded, with ALL HEADERS, to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 11:17 AM -0700 4/23/02, Global Homes Webmaster wrote: >On 04/23/02 at 11:56, David Muszynski wrote: > >> Hey, speaking of SPAM... :-) >> >> I just got 3 new 'African Gov't has $12 million' spams today. >> I can't believe that people are still pulling that old crap. > >That's not really spam per se, but a fairly well-known scam that can be run >not only via e-mail, but also via snail mail and FAX. I would think that if >it didn't continue to yield results, the con artists would not continue to >attempt it. It's hard to believe that anyone would fall for it, but people >do loose a lot of money (at least) to it. FWIW, the US Secret Service has, >or had, a page devoted to it on their web site (look for information about >the '419' or 'Nigerian' scam -- it's most often run from Nigeria, and '419' >refers to the Nigerian statute under which perpetrators are prosecuted). > >-- > Christopher Bort | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Webmaster, Global Homes | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://www.globalhomes.com/> | PGP public key available on request > >############################################################# >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
