OT - Nigerian Pigeon Drop Scam

From: Eric Chomko <chomko_at_greenbelt.com>
Date: Wed May 23 21:27:09 2001

Sellam Ismail wrote:

> 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.
>

Couldn't agree more!

Caveat Emptor with life!

Eric


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