>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
I've never received these messages, but it's been going on for at
least the last 10 years that I know of. (Doesn't anybody here read
the papers or watch 60 minutes?)
Yes, it's a scam.
Laura G.
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