OT - Nigerian Pigeon Drop Scam

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Thu May 24 08:26:12 2001

It's also quite surprising how many Nigerians come here to run insurance
scams, staging accidents, etc.

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Carlos Murillo wrote:

> At 01:08 PM 5/23/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >On Wed, 23 May 2001 07:45:00 -0700 (PDT) Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
> >writes:
> >> Nigeria is like the scam capital of the world. I have no idea why.
> >> Lax laws? Government complicity? A weakened sense of morals? :)
> >
> >Try All of the Above.
>
> Better be careful. Scamming is actually pretty common in the US.
> It is mostly the elderly that are preyed upon.
>
> carlos.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo_at_nospammers.ieee.org
>
>

M. K. Peirce

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