On Wed, 23 May 2001, William Staniewicz wrote:
> Another variation on this:
>
> Maybe 5 years ago I got a letter in the mail proposing
> the same thing. Out of curiosity, I sent a reply
> to them via fax. There were a few fax exchanges
> that followed the scenerio as mentioned below.
> I did not get involved any further.
>
> On a sadder note, some people I heard got pulled into the scam
> to the point where they went to Nigeria in person. I understand
> from newspaper reports they were held hostage and a ransom
> was demanded. In these cases the hostages were killed
> even after payment was made.
>
> Beware...
Beware?
Excuse me for being so callously blunt but anyone falling for this and
then getting killed as a result should be a candidate for the Darwin
Awards.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Wed May 23 2001 - 09:42:12 BST