[ale] OT: OT: sending money overseas

[Pete Hardie]

Ich bin ein nerd

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Jim Kinney <jkinney at jimkinney.us> wrote:

> The IT Crowd is total scream! My whole family howled through every
> episode. Very, very funny stuff.
>
> On Wed, 2015-01-07 at 19:42 +0000, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> > Damn you beat me to it.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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”.
> >
> >
> >
> > By the way – the series is funny as hell IMO.   Well worth the watch.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Bit coin and wire transfers come to mind.
> >
> > Gift certs from silk road2 night be a challenge to cash out :-)
> >
> > AmEx travelers checks made to the recipient can be snail mailed.
> >
> > USPS money orders are dirt cheap and easy but also do the snail mail.
> >
> > Western Union does cash wires for a rather steep fee on both ends.
> >
> > On Jan 7, 2015 8:57 AM, "Boris Borisov" <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ideas ... sugestions ...
> >
> >
> > 1. Paypal requires the other side to have account.
> >
> > ...........
> > ...........
> >
> >
> > feel free to add lines :)
> >
> >
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