-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