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Adam Bradley wrote:
> 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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