Joe,
As near as I can tell, it's a pure SCAM. According to some articles
we've seen, eventually they either get your bank account or credit card,
or phone number, and start running up charges. Or, they get you to fly
there, and hold you for ransom. Apparently, a couple of people have even
been killed.
I've gotten probably 2 dozen the last month or so, sure is a lot of very
rich people in Nigeria. *S*
So, AVOID it!!!!!
Brad
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 08:25:12 -0700 Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net> writes:
> In the last week I have received three different EMail messages from
> different people asking me to cooperate in helping get money that is
> trapped in
> Nigeria.
>
> The proposal is asking that I help free up these trapped funds (in
> the Millions of Dollars) by allowing the money to be transferred
> into my bank
> account and then later somewhere else. For this I get 20 percent.
>
> Sounds amazingly like either a SCAM or a money laundering scheme!
>
> Anyone else getting such messages?
>
> Joe
>
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