[ale] OT: OT: sending money overseas

[Pete Hardie]

+1 for The IT Crowd.  The family and I binged on it a couple of years ago

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at dsservices.com>
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>  Damn you beat me to it.
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> I’ve been watching a Britcom called “The IT Crowd” recently (Hulu via
> Comcast Online).   In one of the episodes a loser is sending money to a
> “Nigerian princess” and the running gag in the episode is other characters
> saying “But the Nigerian monarchy ended in the 60s”.
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> By the way – the series is funny as hell IMO.   Well worth the watch.
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Pete
> Hardie
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 07, 2015 9:57 AM
> *To:* Jim Kinney; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] OT: OT: sending money overseas
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> The needy party could always send a bunch of emails claiming to be a
> Nigerian prince in need of help smuggling cash out of Africa....
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> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Bit coin and wire transfers come to mind.
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> Gift certs from silk road2 night be a challenge to cash out :-)
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> AmEx travelers checks made to the recipient can be snail mailed.
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> USPS money orders are dirt cheap and easy but also do the snail mail.
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> Western Union does cash wires for a rather steep fee on both ends.
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> On Jan 7, 2015 8:57 AM, "Boris Borisov" <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ideas ... sugestions ...
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> 1. Paypal requires the other side to have account.
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> feel free to add lines :)
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