Re: CRIME [Fwd: Fwd: VERY URGENT.]

From: alan (alan@private)
Date: Fri Oct 18 2002 - 05:13:59 PDT

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    On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Steve Layman wrote:
    
    > Alan... you stated it is not illegal but is fraud. Is not fraud by nature or
    > definition illegal?
    
    Legal fraud is called "advertising".
    
    > 
    > 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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