Hi there,
I get a handfull of them every day. The worst thing you could do is reply to
them, as the sender then get's your name and emailaddress confirmed. Apparently
your (and my, and many others') emailaddress is spread among these scammers,
thereby feeding their hobby, which must be a result of endless boredom.
For a while I forwarded them to the abuse-addresses of their respective
providers, but I found this to be rather time consuming. Now I wait for the day
my department gets new emailaddresses...
Best regards,
Bernd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean C. Hansen" <hanse112@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 4:52 PM
Subject: [OM] Nigerian scams
> Johnathan tan recently posted one of the ubiquitous scam letter I
> receive every day. Here's my reply to them:
>
> > concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary
> > and my investigation proved to me as well that Magnus
> > Leon until his death was the manager Magnus
> > Coy.(pty). SA.
>
> [major snip of bullsh**]
>
>
> Hey, look, Masswilld boy,
> I get something like 500 of these stupid letters a year (yours is
> the third today). Why don't you folks over there simply try working for
>
> a living? Now there is a scheme that has worked successfully for
> billions
> and billions of honest people (obviously leaves you out, doesn't it?)
> for
> tens of thousands of years.
> Get a life, will you?
>
> I hope this thread dies soon.
> Dean
>
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