I initially resisted the nearly overwhelming urge to reply but after
the second (and now third by the time I actully sent this) message am
going to do it anyway. I may regret this later if I find out I'm alone
and shunned, but if that's the price I have to pay...
I understand that some people are greedy, gullible, mentally
incompetent, stupid, or lonely enough - or a combination of the above -
to fall for these scams and I appreciate the government warning me and
the media following up on it in print, television and radio. However,
this list just doesn't seem like the right place.
We discuss Datsun Roadsters and I completely understand getting off on
tangents about other Datsun/Nissan cars, different convertibles,
collectible cars, places to drive, etc. But to me, this has no
connection with Datsun Roadsters at all.
Am I alone?
--- "Patrick P. Castronovo" <slick1@mohaveaz.com> wrote:
> I have received these letters and have copied and pasted them to the
> Las
> Vegas FBI.
> Would you like to read them ?
> I can copy and paste here also. Pat
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hall, Phillip <Phillip.Hall@msfc.nasa.gov>
> To: Roadsters (E-mail) <Datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>; Roadsters
> (E-mail
> 2) <Datsunroadsters@onelist.com>
> Date: Monday, March 12, 2001 9:38 AM
> Subject: OT FW: Nigerian Scam Letters
>
>
> >Sorry to hit the list with these, but I figure if the Gov takes
> these
> >seriously we should too.
> >
> >Phil
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: MSFC Activity Notice
> >Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:54 AM
> >To: MSFC Activity Notice
> >Subject: Nigerian Scam Letters
> >
> >
> >The "Nigerian Scam"
> >
> >Strategic intelligence has identified that West African organized
> crime
> >groups have for many years conducted a type of fraud against
> individuals
> and
> >companies commonly known as "advance fee". It is also known as the
> 4-1-9
> >fraud after the penal code in Nigeria that makes it illegal. These
> groups
> >also carry out highly organized housing, social security and other
> grants
> >frauds. The profits from these crimes are often used to finance drug
> >trafficking, where the same middlemen transport drugs from source to
> >consumer countries.
> >
> >'419' letters are distributed by postal mail, by facsimile (fax),
> and
> >primarily in recent months through e-mail channels. In a typical
> '419'
> >(advance fee fraud) letter, the author purports to be a senior
> government
> or
> >central bank official who has managed to over-inflate a contract,
> generating
> >a personal profit. In return for help in smuggling the money out of
> the
> >country, the recipient is offered a percentage, usually between 10%
> and
> 30%.
> >At first no money may be requested but once a victim has been drawn
> in,
> >requests are made for funds to pay legal and administrative fees.
> Victims
> >have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in some cases.
> >
> >These e-mail letters have been received in increasing numbers at
> MSFC in
> >recent months. If you receive a '419' letter at MSFC either in
> hard-copy
> or
> >electronic form, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LETTER, but retain it and
> contact the
> >MSFC Information Technology Security Coordinator (ITSC) Steve R.
> Jones at
> >telephone 544-4373. You may be asked to forward the letter to the
> ITSC
> for
> >inclusion in Center submittals to Federal officials.
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