OT - Nigerian Pigeon Drop Scam

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed May 23 09:45:00 2001

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> I got my first one in hard copy around 1986 when I was in college.
> Since I had no assets and no earthly reason someone should contact me
> about this kind of financial activity, it was clearly a scam... I mean
> who would want to clean out a bank account with $0.15 in it?
>
> What I wonder is why Nigeria? They all seem to come from Nigeria.

Nigeria is like the scam capital of the world. I have no idea why. Lax
laws? Government complicity? A weakened sense of morals? :)

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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