14 Mar
2002
14 Mar
'02
10:54 p.m.
On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, James B. DiGriz wrote:
Um, James, do you realize how long these scams have been going on for? If
you think the lame amount of money the IMF would give Nigeria if they
cracked down on the scams that originate from there even begins to compare
to the money that is reaped from these scams then you need to snap out of
the haze you're in.
They're in
some third-world African nation where the government is most
likely in on the scam. I doubt their local authorities would do anything
less than laugh at anyone actually filing a complaint with them.
Or so is purported. Even if so, official collusion will evaporate
instantaneously if credible evidence of wire fraud is presented by and
to the right parties. Nobody wants to lose their cushy IMF sinecures.
Again, it's of little relevance to the spam issue. Jay runs a pretty tight ship on a high-volume list,
and without throwing
his weight around, either. I'd say he's doing a fine job, and I don't
know anyone else who'd have the required time or patience to put into
it.
Jay pokes his head in here once or twice a month and doesn't know what's
going on. Most of the time he doesn't even respond to e-mails.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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