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Article #5868Re: Nigerian 419 scam
From: Hownow
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 21:29
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 21:29
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In article <pan.2002.06.04.14.30.53.943930.1622@no-spam.ddiction.com>, Zastrozzi <newsgroup@no-spam.ddiction.com> wrote: > This is actually called the Nigerian 419 scam. > Yes. There are now many variations of it originating from other countries and cultures -- got one the other day with the money supposedly in South Africa ... the intimation being that a group of white businessmen are being screwed by the black majority government and the reader can make a few million by helping them out. What's also happening now is what occurs generally on the Internet ... the cloddish and imitative cheapening and dumbing down of everything. A relatively sophisticated scam by clever and well-educated con artists that targeted fairly bright people of wealth and duped them of hundeds of thousands of dollars has degenerated into a spamming-by-numbers game through e-mail, looking to entice the woefully stupid into parting with a few hundred dollars, or even a lot less. - hm
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