-ex- wrote:

Oh yeah? I know how the scam is *supposed* to work. Can you name one
victim of this particular scam? (Well, there's always one) And what
does it have to do with Africa which was the original question? There's
a website out there where some guy has dogged a few of the "Nigerians"
and it makes for fun reading. I've dogged a few of them too. None of
them have been in Africa.

Sure, there are phishers out there. They catch more people logging into
phony PayPal "re-register your account" than they do with the Prince
Ngdbulasaski scams. And they snag more than a few with people simply
going to the fake login pages and winding up with keystroke trojans.

Chuck, I think you give them (the so-called Nigerian letters) more
credit than they are due in the world of internet scamming.

-Bill


A local woman was arrested about a month ago for getting involved in
one of the "Nigerian" schemes. She was greedy enough to fall for the BS
and now she is out a lot of money, and in jail. I didn't get her name
because I was so busy laughing, and deleting a dozen similar e-mails.

--
Link to my "Computers for disabled Veterans" project website deleted
after threats were telephoned to my church.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Michael A. Terrell wrote:


A local woman was arrested about a month ago for getting involved in
one of the "Nigerian" schemes. She was greedy enough to fall for the BS
and now she is out a lot of money, and in jail. I didn't get her name
because I was so busy laughing, and deleting a dozen similar e-mails.


Why is she in jail?

-BM

-ex- wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:


A local woman was arrested about a month ago for getting involved in
one of the "Nigerian" schemes. She was greedy enough to fall for the BS
and now she is out a lot of money, and in jail. I didn't get her name
because I was so busy laughing, and deleting a dozen similar e-mails.


Why is she in jail?

-BM


She cashed a check the bad guys sent her. It was the money to pay
the "Bribes", but the bank notified the FBI about the check because it
was drawn on a bank they were investigating for other cases. Of course,
it later bounced and that was about the time she was arrested. You
should have heard her on TV yammering on that she had only tried to help
the other people, and hadn't done anything wrong. I'll bet her IQ meter
didn't hit 70 most days.


--
Link to my "Computers for disabled Veterans" project website deleted
after threats were telephoned to my church.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida