From: Blunderov (squooker@mweb.co.za)
Date: Wed Jan 30 2002 - 13:12:32 MST
Re:consolidated post
Mermaid . [britannica@hotmail.com]
Wed 2002/01/30 19:56
Mermaid wrote
[Mermaid]How is THIS for interesting spam??
referring to
<snip>
Subj: Business relationaship
Date: 1/8/02 7:45:47 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: xxx@yahoo.com (jrrey sankoh)
To: xxx@yahoo.com
<snap>
[Blunderov]
This sounds very much like the notorious 419 scam which has claimed the
money and even lives of many, many victims. There was a case just recently
in South Africa. A businessman from one of the Nordic countries completely
disappeared and was reckoned by the police to have fallen victim to this
con.
There is a good site at http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/ (accessed
30/1/2002)
With your permission the following
[quote]
The Nigerian Scam Defined
A Five Billion US$ (as of 1996, much more now) worldwide Scam which has run
since the early 1980's under Successive Governments of Nigeria. It is also
referred to as "Advance Fee Fraud", "419 Fraud" (Four-One-Nine) after the
relevant section of the Criminal Code of Nigeria, and "The Nigerian
Connection"
(mostly in Europe). However, it is usually called plain old "419" even by
the
Nigerians themselves.
The Scam operates as follows: the target receives an unsolicited fax, email,
or
letter concerning Nigeria containing either a money laundering or other
illegal
proposal OR you may receive a Legal and Legitimate business proposal by
normal
means. Common variations on the Scam include "overinvoiced" or "double
invoiced"
oil or other supply and service contracts where your Bad Guys want to get
the
overage out of Nigeria; crude oil and other commodity deals; a "bequest"
left
you in a will; and "money cleaning" where your Bad Guy has a lot of currency
that needs to be "chemically cleaned" before it can be used and he needs the
cost of the chemicals. Or the victim will just be stiffed on a legitimate
goods
or services contract...the variations are very creative and virtually
endless.
At some point, the victim is asked to pay up front an Advance Fee of some
sort,
be it an "Advance Fee", "Transfer Tax", "Performance Bond", or to extend
credit,
grant COD privileges, whatever. If the victim pays the Fee, there are many
"Complications" which require still more advance payments until the victim
either quits, runs out of money, or both. If the victim extends credit etc.
he
may also pay such fees ("nerfund" etc.), and then he is stiffed with NO
Effective Recourse.
The Nigerian Scam is, according to published reports, the Third to Fifth
largest
industry in Nigeria. It is the 419 Coalition view that, in effect, the
elites
from which successive Governments of Nigeria have been drawn ARE the
Scammers -
therefore, victims have little recourse in this matter. Monies stolen by 419
operations are almost Never Recovered from Nigeria, though there have been
some
indications of progress in anti-419 matters under the Obasanjo government.
Most 419 letters and emails originate from or are traceable back to Nigeria.
However, some originate from other nations, mostly also West African nations
such as Ghana, Togo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast ( Cote D'Ivoire )
etc.
In most cases 419 emails from other nations are also Nigerian in that the
"Home
Office" of the 419ers involved is Nigeria regardless of the source of the
contact materials. But there are occasionally some "local" copycats trying
to
emulate the success of the Nigerians. These folks tend not to last too long
actually operating out of nations other than Nigeria, but they do try.
[/quote]
[Blunderov]
Thank you BTW for your calculations of the heavenly climate. I won't pack a
brolly.
Regards
Blunderov
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