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If I remeber correctly someone yesterday mentioned about receiving those stupid e-mails about soandso's husband in jail, take our money etc.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25394.html
South African police have arrested six West Africans, allegedly members of a 419 email fraud gang which is thought to have conned hundreds of millions of pounds out of their victims, according to this report
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That (hopefully) puts an end to the Nigerian scam artist problem.
I still receive those kinda e-mails daily about some guy named Bongo who wants me to invest blablabla
That was a good idea. Too bad they didnt live in America they might have gotten away with it.
Bongo huh? Sounds like my old 'mentor' BONG
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Given the number of these types of E-mails (and snail mails) that were coming out of Nigeria, I have to believe there is more than 6 people involved (a lot more). I don't think this will stop this scam quite yet.
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Just amazed me that they ever made money out of it.... or are there really people who believe gullible has been taken out of the dictionary?
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I think a lot of people have grabbed the scam and run with it. It's practically a known urban-legend by now. I don't think the people who originated it the only ones who've used it.
Unfortunetly there are people who dream of getting rich quick. Ive gotten those e-mails from all kinds of names so chances are there is a whole lot of scammers out there. I just delete them as soon as I get them.
As Terr mentioned, a lot of people seem to use this scam for their own purposes. Here's a new twist that has started to circulate this morning.Quote:
Originally posted here by Terr
I think a lot of people have grabbed the scam and run with it. It's practically a known urban-legend by now. I don't think the people who originated it the only ones who've used it.
The rest of the article can be found HEREQuote:
WASHINGTON (AP) --A new e-mail scam from a purported American "Special Forces Commando" in Afghanistan who needs help getting terrorist drug money out of the country is making the rounds on the Internet.
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