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OT email from africa
On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 23:12:29 +0000, "doug."
wrote: In message , Tumbleweed writes "Rusty Hinge" wrote in message .. . The message from "Tumbleweed" contains these words: Yes but an African fraud letter doesn't because it would fail totally if it did (unless there's an alternative address in the body) Bouncing mail back or even writing something rude wastes their time and may take their mailbox over quota. And if you're posting it back through your ISP they can do a 'whois?' and you may well find an armed yardie on your doorstep. DON'T MESS WITH THEM. If everyone who got one of these messages replied to it, the fraudsters would be unable to continue their scams, due to teh sheer volume of replies they wouldnt be able to sort out the small proportion of 'real' replies from gullible idiots. The well-meaning advice not to reply merely enables the spammers to have the gullible sort themsleves out for the spammers, since they are the only ones who will reply (plus the few who write amusing web pages about them). I suggest you talk to your local C.I.D. Or the FBI, they also give out this advice. As I say, well meaning but silly, even a simple reply with no text would nuke their email servers (far easier to send than receive) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I get 'em regularly. An African so-called important person is in possession of some important papers but he needs a few thousand to release a couple of million quid and he wants me in on it, etc. etc. Please send five thousand for starters etc.etc. He must think I've just come off the fells with the last shower of rain. One wonders at the mentality of the fools who answer. There must be some mugs sending money, because the crooks sending the letters must be making money from somewhere otherwise they'd give up. Chuck the daft things straight into the kitchen waste bin, I say. Another technique might be to make a few posts to usenet in their names, hopefully the harvesters will soon fill their mailboxes Here's one a got recently. And here's another one. |
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