[ale] Re: "Nigerians" profit

[Zack]

Amazing. Although, I have a hard time feeling pity for the person who 
gave away $200,000.  Most scams operate on a person's sense of greed.

So this is a case of financial darwinism.  Any idiot who would give up 
$200,00 on a scam like that isn't fit to keep it.

It would be nice if there was a special mailing list for these idiots, 
so we don't get bothered by the spam.

Zack


ChangingLINKS.com wrote:

>The other day I posted that I wondered if the scam emails made any money, I 
>found this article in an email from Bigfoot.com:
>
>
>Nigerian "Urgent and Confidential" Scams Still Flourishing
>
>Voted as one of the "most annoying" SPAM in 2002, the Nigerian scam 
>continues to flourish despite continued efforts to crack down on the 
>schemes.
>
>This particular breed of e-mail SPAM still manages to defraud the 
>gullible. A Wisconsin businessman gave $200,000 to a New York couple 
>claiming ties to the Nigerian government in response to their e-mail 
>plea for help to pay fees for transferring $50 million from Nigerian 
>banks. Instead of a percentage of the $50 million the couple promised, 
>they gave him a trunk filled with worthless black paper.
>
>The Secret Service, which has a task force dedicated to Nigerian e-mail 
>scams, estimates that Americans have lost hundreds of millions of 
>dollars on them. As soon as one group of suspects is arrested, others 
>spring up elsewhere, often on other continents, law-enforcement
>officials said.
>
>Nigerian scams aren't even completely Nigerian as some "Nigerian"
>e-mails have been traced to other countries in Africa and Asia.
>
>The scams also have become an annoyance for the Nigerian government. 
>
>"We see that it has a very bad image for Nigeria," said Volaji Adebiyi, 
>deputy information attache for the Nigerian Embassy. "It's so very, 
>very unfair."
>
>Source: The Washington Times
>
>  
>

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