I know some people that work in the my state's Attorney General's office,
Consumer Protection Division, I asked them about these e-mails and if anyone
fell for them.
I do not know or remember the details of how they will work the scam, but
they ask for their money up front, which they can use to free up theirs and
then you will get your 10% or whatever. My main question was does anyone
fall for this?, they said yes some people do, and they are often so
embarassed that they do not report it or delay reporting it.
My recollection also was that it is older folks that get sucked in, living
on meager retirment funds and wanting a quick buck, guess some never learned
that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:43 AM
Subject: Spam-versary
> What started out as a wonderful Thanksgiving morning remains essentially
that,
> only briefly punctuated by yet one more urgent email from Master Karonga
> Zungu, the low-level bureaucrat in Zimbwawbi urging my help in reclaiming
> 17,000,000 dollars from his family's Swiss bank account. I looked back
into
> the 'spam corral' where we divert junk emails, and today marks the
beginning
> of our third year of hearing from Master Zungu almost weekly. I wonder
who's
> smarter, me for avoiding him, or he for persisting. I'm dying to know: if
I
> were to respond, what would he next suggest? A bank account? A line of
credit?
> Does anyone know?
>
> Happy Thanksgiving all.
>
> Allen Miller
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