Nigerian fax e-mail scam, Audi content!!!

[Mike Arman]

Lately, it seems the internet is nothing but porn, spam and scams, with a
large proportion of what is known as the Nigerian 4-1-9 advance fee scam.


Normally, I wouldn't bother mentioning this to the list, but one arrived
this morning which I found QUITE interesting . . . this particular moron
did not supress the recipient list, and out of curiosity, I read parts of
it to see who else was being offered this deal of a lifetime (yeah, right).


It's the Q list membership!!!!! Among the names I recognize - Mohammed
Bhatti (Hi Mohammed!), Steve Buchholz, Marty Higgins, DoubleDz (Hello
Dee!), Ewan Hopkins (regards to the UK), Dave Eaton (same to NZ), and a LOT
more . . .


It appears that some spammer has gotten into the qlist distribution list,
and captured a PILE of our e-mail addresses . . . X$^@^&&^*(!!!!


Anyway, these scams are total nonsense, and always revolve around some huge
amount of money which has accidentally and somehow not quite legally fallen
into these guy's hands, and they need YOUR help in getting it out of
Nigeria, the garden paradise of the world. (Tell ya what, I've been to
Lagos, and the best thing that could happen to it is a major asteroid
strike - only thing is, the place is so utterly and totally ****ed up, no
one would notice! Or care.)

Once they have your greed antenna vibrating properly ("Make $15,000,000 for
nothing more than a few letters or faxes!"), the deal is just about done,
all this money will land in your lap tomorrow AM . . . except we have a
minor hitch - seems some minor functionary wants to be bribed, nothing
fancy, just send him a Seiko watch for $100 or so and the money will be on
the way. And it goes on and on and on from there, sometimes for years!.
Losses have run into the MILLIONS of dollars - greed and gullibility are
obviously as rampant in the "developed" world as well as the parts that are
less (?) fortunate.


This seems to be the national industry of Nigeria, with minor branches in
Ghana and lately South Africa, and the government of Nigeria isn't really
interested in stamping it out - it is a major source of foreign exchange!
So be warned - EVERYTHING from Nigeria is suspect in front, be VERY careful
because these guys can supply ANY document you can imagine, and they are
all forged. I've seen "Ships Master" licences - lets you drive the Exxon
Valdez onto the rocks, you are now a qualified supertanker captain - just
$500, and you don't even have to take a test. I've also seen some US
currency that absolutely didn't originate on any printing press in the USA.


Be careful out there - there are some strange things going on on this
planet, not all of them friendly.

Best Regards,

Mike Arman