22 May
2001
22 May
'01
4:09 p.m.
I actually know of a guy that FELL for this scam!
(not personally, but through my tax accountant ;)
--- Tony Eros <tony.eros(a)machm.org> wrote:
Gee, I feel like I've finally arrived. This
evening, I received the
infamous Nigerian megabucks scam email (see below)
Hey, this is a pretty infamous scam -- maybe I can sell this "Rare,
collectable confidence scheme email" on eBay! :-)
I've gotten multiple copies via snail mail. :-P Maybe _those_ are
"L@@K RARE!"
22 May
22 May
5:48 p.m.
What exactly are the details of the scam?
foo wrote:
I actually know of a guy that FELL for this scam!
(not personally, but through my tax accountant ;)
--- Tony Eros <tony.eros(a)machm.org> wrote:
Gee, I feel like I've finally arrived. This
evening, I received the
infamous Nigerian megabucks scam email (see below)
Hey, this is a pretty infamous scam -- maybe I can sell this "Rare,
collectable confidence scheme email" on eBay! :-)
I've gotten multiple copies via snail mail. :-P Maybe _those_ are
"L@@K RARE!" 
6:44 p.m.
What exactly are the details of the scam?
There are several variations, but the basic scheme starts
with a story about how this person has obtained a large
sum of money they need to move out of the country. There
is some reason why they can't do it themselves (they are being
watched, the money was obtained illegally, they are on the
run, etc). After you get drawn into the scam, they tell you:
1) They need some money to cover expenses (bribe a bank
official, pay bank charges etc)
2) They need an account to transfer the money to. So they
ask for the details of your bank account and permission
to deposit and withdraw. They explain this as a money
laundering scheme. After this your bank account is
emptied.
After you have done one of the two above, you don't hear from
them again (unless you end up on a sucker list and get hit
with the same scam again).
--
Dr. Mark Green mark(a)cs.ualberta.ca
McCalla Professor (780) 492-4584
Department of Computing Science (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
9:08 p.m.
Another variation on this:
Maybe 5 years ago I got a letter in the mail proposing
the same thing. Out of curiosity, I sent a reply
to them via fax. There were a few fax exchanges
that followed the scenerio as mentioned below.
I did not get involved any further.
On a sadder note, some people I heard got pulled into the scam
to the point where they went to Nigeria in person. I understand
from newspaper reports they were held hostage and a
ransom
was demanded. In these cases the hostages were killed
even after payment was made.
Beware...
-Bill
Amsterdam
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 12:44:45AM -0600, Mark Green wrote:
What exactly
are the details of the scam?
There are several variations, but the basic scheme starts
with a story about how this person has obtained a large
sum of money they need to move out of the country. There
23 May
23 May
2:42 a.m.
On Wed, 23 May 2001, William Staniewicz wrote:
Another variation on this:
Maybe 5 years ago I got a letter in the mail proposing
the same thing. Out of curiosity, I sent a reply
to them via fax. There were a few fax exchanges
that followed the scenerio as mentioned below.
I did not get involved any further.
On a sadder note, some people I heard got pulled into the scam
to the point where they went to Nigeria in person. I understand
from newspaper reports they were held hostage and a ransom
was demanded. In these cases the hostages were killed
even after payment was made.
Beware...
Beware?
Excuse me for being so callously blunt but anyone falling for this and
then getting killed as a result should be a candidate for the Darwin
Awards.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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2:27 p.m.
Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Wed, 23 May 2001, William Staniewicz wrote:
Couldn't agree more!
Caveat Emptor with life!
Eric
Another variation on this:
Maybe 5 years ago I got a letter in the mail proposing
the same thing. Out of curiosity, I sent a reply
to them via fax. There were a few fax exchanges
that followed the scenerio as mentioned below.
I did not get involved any further.
On a sadder note, some people I heard got pulled into the scam
to the point where they went to Nigeria in person. I understand
from newspaper reports they were held hostage and a ransom
was demanded. In these cases the hostages were killed
even after payment was made.
Beware...
Beware?
Excuse me for being so callously blunt but anyone falling for this and
then getting killed as a result should be a candidate for the Darwin
Awards.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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1:58 a.m.
--- foo <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote:
I actually know of a guy that FELL for this scam!
(not personally, but through my tax accountant ;)
I got my first one in hard copy around 1986 when I was in college. Since I
had no assets and no earthly reason someone should contact me about this
kind of financial activity, it was clearly a scam... I mean who would want
to clean out a bank account with $0.15 in it?
What I wonder is why Nigeria? They all seem to come from Nigeria.
--- Tony Eros <tony.eros(a)machm.org> wrote:
> ...I received the infamous Nigerian megabucks scam email (see below)
>
I wrote:
I've gotten multiple copies via snail mail.
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2:45 a.m.
On Wed, 23 May 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I got my first one in hard copy around 1986 when I was
in college.
Since I had no assets and no earthly reason someone should contact me
about this kind of financial activity, it was clearly a scam... I mean
who would want to clean out a bank account with $0.15 in it?
What I wonder is why Nigeria? They all seem to come from Nigeria.
Nigeria is like the scam capital of the world. I have no idea why. Lax
laws? Government complicity? A weakened sense of morals? :)
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