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This is actually called the Nigerian 419 scam. 

More information, and what to do about it can be found at:

http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams/nigerian.htm




On Tue, 04 Jun 2002 10:22:26 -0600, Hownow wrote:

> In article <cbgpfukcm09fq8hrl4i6nqohtbo9vnj3i5@4ax.com>,
> <my_home@mts.net> wrote:
> 
>> X-No-Archive: Yes  On Tue, 04 Jun 2002 08:26:09 -0500, Don Doherty
>> <gutz@nothere.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> This scam has been circling the globe for two or three years now.
> 
> Somewhat longer than that.
> Before the Internet they used the mails, telephone and personal contact.
> Three Nigerians were convicted and jailed in Toronto earlier this spring
> when they made the mistake of setting up one of the payoffs in Toronto.
> Canadian police got actively involved. (That's not usual, and one reason
> the scam gang gets the mark out of his own jurisdiction to hand over
> money.)
> The mark was a semi-retired businessman from Georgia. The amount
> involved was in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. I had always lookd
> with amusement on this scam because it seemed that it mostly targeted
> stupid, greedy and even dishonest professional and business people in
> Europe and North America. The con also works because the financially
> sophisticated mark thinks he is outfoxing some naive Africans. However,
> it turns out that there can be other victims. The mark, in this case,
> not only gave the conmen all his money and what he could borrow from
> lending institutions but also conned family and friends into lending him
> money by promising he'd double their money. Very little cash was
> recovered and while the Toronto judge ordered restitution it's not
> likely to be collectable when these guys get out of jail and are
> deported back to Nigeria.
> 
> - hm
> 
>