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2002-09-12

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-09-12 08:25 am|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I have at least four of these scam mails sent to me over the past month.

These f*cks were infamous for passing fake c-notes during the World Cup in Foxborough (MA) back in '94. Is the concept of 'work' foreign to these schmucks?

Posted by Raj 2002-09-12 09:20:42|| 2002-09-12 09:20:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Ah, the famous 419 scam!
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
check this for a more exhaustive detail of these guys. morale of the story, dont answer correspondence from nigeria.

Posted by Frank Martin 2002-09-12 09:34:39|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2002-09-12 09:34:39|| Front Page Top

#3 The scam culture in that country is so bad even service clubs like Rotary have to warn their members against blindly accepting visits from Nigerian clubs, without all sorts of bona fides and written promises that they won't be attempting to immigrate (apparently State is wise to this and watches Nigerian visas closely; would they were as careful with terror-list folk).

On the other hand, blaming the entire country is a bit strong -- before this burst out into e-mail in the last couple of years, one single Nigerian scam cartel using snail mail was believed responsible for 80% of the frauds detected by the FTC.

Posted by Dan Hartung 2002-09-13 01:09:37|| [www.lakefx.nu/] 2002-09-13 01:09:37|| Front Page Top