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con job messages, ancient & modern

  • 1.  con job messages, ancient & modern

    Posted 11-02-2001 00:06
    Stephen Richards wrote:

    > Is there no where to escape from this Nigerian "offer". Not even on an
    > listserv such as this!!!
    > This must be about the 20th time (in various versions) I have been offered this
    > scam.

    All I can think of is that the ROI is nicely positive. I've seen related tales
    form Nigeria in the pre-email days of snail mail mimeographed appeals. I've
    received a couple FAX''s from the same sounding source. There is a hoax debunking
    web site that claims 100 hits per day on inquiries related to this one scam.

    I suppose if they get one mark per month, it could pan out as a good income. As
    always, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

    What would a case study of this scam look like?

    Jay
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