[78-L] Just curious.. ^

[Ken "Silver Showcase"]

Michael Biel wrote:
>
> Remember that they were doing this when it cost them money to send out
> snail mail letters prior to the development of email.  Back in the 70s I
> sent a letter to Nigerian Radio for a verification and in addition to
> that I got several letters with nice stamps on them, neatly individually
> typed, with the same type of scams being pulled today. It got to the
> point where the radio guidebooks mentioned that sending letters to
> Nigeria would result in these letters.  
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
>   
Yep.  This scam is as old as the proverbial hills.

Here's a delightful web page about the Nigerian scammers.  I first 
bookmarked this some 5 or 6 years ago.  Its still relevant, and very 
funny ... unless you've been scammed.

http://j-walk.com/other/conf/index.htm

-- Ken