Actually, this is at least illegal enought that the FTC has created a special e-mail address to receive reports of this kind of e-mail. KD> -----Original Message----- From: Steve Layman [mailto:slayman@private] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 12:03 PM To: alan Cc: crime@private Subject: Re: CRIME [Fwd: Fwd: VERY URGENT.] Alan... you stated it is not illegal but is fraud. Is not fraud by nature or definition illegal? alan wrote: > I get one or two of these a day. > > It is known as a "Nigerian Scam". (The initial scams were from Nigeria.) > This has been going on for more than 10 years. People still get suckered > by it. > > It is not legal. It is fraud. You don't get the money. They clean out > your bank account. > > On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Steve Layman wrote: > > > Law Enforcement types - > > > > Question. I received this email at my personal email address. I have > > seen these type of emails before and was wondering about the legality of > > what is mentioned in the text. > > > > Thanks... Steve > >
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