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April 25th, 2003, 04:51 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
Do a search at Google
+hoax +scam +Nigerian
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April 25th, 2003, 06:14 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
I read somewhere recently that Interpol estimated that on any given day there are 4 people somewhere in the world waiting in a hotel lobby for a guy from Nigeria...  |
April 25th, 2003, 06:28 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
Yes, sadly, some people do lose a lot of money on this sort of scam.  |
April 25th, 2003, 08:07 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
You would be surprised how often police warn about these "Nigerian letters" or "Nigerian mails" in TV in Finland. For some reason, some people either do not watch TV, discuss their intentions with anyone, or simply think that it must be their chance of life...
yes, as civiliced we think of ourselves, there is always some idiots amogn us
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April 25th, 2003, 10:45 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
From my favorite source on these matters, snopes.com...
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April 26th, 2003, 01:28 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
Geee... I thought I was special to have gotten this Email I am however NOT that dumb!  and proceded to hit the DELETE key 
SO TAKE THAT!
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April 26th, 2003, 01:53 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
I got those Nigerian scams almost weekly a year ago. If I remember right they all were different but had the same kind of situation. I would have a really good collection if I hadn't deleted them all.
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