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  • From: list@ginda.us
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] ALERT
  • Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:49:55 -0500

Oh, it's not a legend. I got a "Nigeria" letter back when they were sent through snail mail. Much more fun, then - I got interesting stamps and an entertaining letter with lots of creative writing and lots of creative spelling. I understand that if you respond they may try to talk you into going to Nigeria to complete the transaction, at which point you might be kidnapped and help for ransom.

Still, I suspect the bulk of the people being scammed are the ones paying the internet cafes to send these letters. I can't imagine many people reply, but the cafe owners are getting very rich. It's one of the leading industries in Nigeria (per the WSJ.)

Ginda Fisher


On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 10:20 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

I get 20-30 of these a day. The sad thing is that supposedly over the years they have actually scammed millions of dollars from gullible & unsuspecting people. This scam was actually around as a chain mail scam before the internet existed. (Or that's the urban legend attached to it anyway.)

m


On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 09:14 AM, Lon J. Rombough wrote:

The following is a piece of the headers from a Nigerian scam letter.  >From the addresses on it, it's apparent that the sender got them from the NAFEX list.  Most of you know about these thieves, but in case there is someone new who doesn't, these things are pure poison.

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From: kollysoj@themail.com
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 06:22:10 -0800 (PST)
To: tekman@tubeworld.com

apple-crop@virtualorchard.ne
t,From: kollysoj@themail.com
Subject: FUND TRANSFER PROPOSAL!!!
X-Priority: 3
Authorized-User: kollysoj@themail.com
IP-Address: 80.179.100.242
Reply-To: kollysoj@themail.com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain
Message-Id: <200303270917984.SM00112@mail.TheMail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:31:39 -0500

FROM THE DESK OF
MR.KOLLY SOJI
ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC,
LAGOS - NIGERIA._______________________________________________
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