Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:01:09 -0700 From: "jdow" <jdow@earthlink.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PART TIME JOB OFFER FOR YOU Message-ID: <150901c6dd21$d233d7b0$0225a8c0@Wednesday> References: <20060919195406.8D58C1BF48C@catbus.gts.cz><20060919210137.GA5274@osiris.chen.org.nz><45109A0A.7000107@sbcglobal.net> <45109FCA.4020808@adam.com.au><d7195cff0609192033m798005acl9ec73bdc700781b1@mail.gmail.com> <3ee9ca710609200550o571066c0gbb058d6009657379@mail.gmail.com>
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It is even more fun when nature takes its course, Andy. There was a
recent story about the two widows of a Nigerian 419 spammer who was
worth about $13 million. He died and now his two widows are both
trying to get the money. There is something delightful about that,
especially if the government takes it because it was illegal profits.
There was another posting I ran across lately that pointed to a video
of the Nigerian authorities raiding a 419 Internet cafe operation. It
turned a little ugly at the end. The crowd was on the side of the
419ers. But they were herded ito vans and taken off as the rocks
started to fly.
{^_^}
From: "Andy Greenwood" <greenwood.andy@gmail.com>
> yup, if you have free time, it can be fun to mess with these guys,
> plus the more people mess with them, the less profit they make. Check
> out sites like www.thescambaiter.com. Lots of fun for free time.
>
> On 9/19/06, illoai@gmail.com <illoai@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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