- OT: Spam question
- Posted by Andy Jacobs on July 26th, 2003
Hi All,
From time to time I get a message asking me to help some foreign national
move millions of dollars into this country and in return they'll bung me a
couple of mill as payment.
Maybe I'm being naïve but I can't seem to work out what their motive is. I
know it's a scam but they're not asking for you to visit a web site or
anything, I guess they will ask me for my bank details and then start moving
money out of that. Or, is it just a way of getting valid e-mail addresses?
Andy
- Posted by Peter Connolly on July 26th, 2003
"Andy Jacobs" <andy@redcatmedia.net> wrote in message
news:BB4837F3.5208%andy@redcatmedia.net...
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
- Posted by congokid on July 27th, 2003
In article <bfu86c$3hs$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>, Peter Connolly
<noemailrequired@nospamrequired.com> writes
Interesting Use of Capitals ThroughOut.
Don't the people who fall for such scams deserve all they get?
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- Posted by William Tasso on July 27th, 2003
congokid wrote:
No - it could just as easily be your sainted aunt or your kid brother
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- Posted by Geoff Berrow on July 27th, 2003
Message-ID: <bg09kb$hn3ki$1@ID-139074.news.uni-berlin.de> from William
Tasso contained the following:
Rubbish. These scams are invariably of dubious legality feeding an greed
and the desire to get 'something for nothing'.
I'm not saying people who fall for this deserve all they get, but they
certainly qualify as candidates for the Darwin awards
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- Posted by Owen Rees on July 28th, 2003
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:09:11 +0100, Don Aitken <don-aitken@freeuk.com>
wrote in <ja85iv0anblv3ql5k136dlvglhte2l6c04@4ax.com>:
The scam is also known as "419 fraud" after the relevant section of the
Nigerian penal code.
At <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29410.html> you will find an
article that suggests that one victim took revenge by shooting dead the
Nigerian Consul to the Czech Republic. The article also has links to
sites that give more details, including how and where to report the
messages (if you can be bothered).
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- Posted by Andrei Vesselovski on July 31st, 2003
"Don Aitken" <don-aitken@freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:ja85iv0anblv3ql5k136dlvglhte2l6c04@4ax.com...
No, it is not a myth. Any US or UK bank can be easily fooled. Your bank
account details can be used to withdraw funds ACH (US banks) or
Direct Debit (UK) schemes. Basically, you should protect your account
details
in a same way to protect your credit card details.
Best regards
Andrei Vesselovski
