Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-07 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-07 Thread Chris Metzler
On Sat, 6 May 2006 14:39:52 -0600 Paul E Condon wrote: > > 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?

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread Michael Marsh
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/ -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread Paul E Condon
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? >

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread John Hasler
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

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread Paul E Condon
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

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread Chris Metzler
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,

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread juro
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'

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread John Hasler
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. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread Florian Kulzer
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

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread John Stumbles
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

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
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

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread Florian Kulzer
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

Re: Contact My Secretary

2006-05-06 Thread John Stumbles
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. -

Contact My Secretary

2006-05-05 Thread mrs_stellamohamed
rtner from paraguay. Presently i'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of total sum. Mean while, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me intransferring this funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in Benin his name