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 - 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. > > > > Does anybody know how this scam works? > > Google Is Your Friend. > > So Is Wikipedia. > > There are literally hundreds of pages out there describing > how Nigerian/419 scams work. >
Wikipedia is great for learning the urban folklore about how it works, but does anybody *know* how it works? And what is the success rate? And the income generated? And what law enforcement agencies, if any, are tracking this activity? Etc. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
