Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:33:36 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: "David Lloyd" <lloy0076@adam.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PART TIME JOB OFFER FOR YOU Message-ID: <d7195cff0609192033m798005acl9ec73bdc700781b1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45109FCA.4020808@adam.com.au> References: <20060919195406.8D58C1BF48C@catbus.gts.cz> <20060919210137.GA5274@osiris.chen.org.nz> <45109A0A.7000107@sbcglobal.net> <45109FCA.4020808@adam.com.au>
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On 9/19/06, David Lloyd <lloy0076@adam.com.au> wrote: > > Hmmm... > > >> How exactly does this spam-scam work? Does the spammer require a > >> proof-o-faith `donation' to initiate further communication or > >> something? > > > > Nigeria 4-1-9 > > > > They send you a counterfeit money order/ cheque, you deposit it, your > > bank makes the funds available, you send the bad guy the the money, and > > then your bank discovers the counterfeit cheque, and debits your account > > for the bad transaction. > > I presume that they have ways and means of not being detected, though, > or alternatively the place where they are turns a blind eye to such > shenanigans? Nigeria, Benin, Ivory Coast. None of these countries have extradition treaties with the United States (and likely so with most other so-called civilized countries), and it is somewhere around 50Musd into their wreched economies per annum. Guess what their authorities are willing to do about it. On the other hand, you can be put in jail for trying to cash a fraudulent money order, even if you whine that you did not know it was fraudulent. -- --
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