Steve Layman wrote: >Alan... you stated it is not illegal but is fraud. Is not fraud by nature or >definition illegal? > At risk of stating the obvious: Alan stated that "it is not *legal*." Crispin > >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 >>> >>> >>> > > > -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. Chief Scientist, WireX http://wirex.com/~crispin/ Security Hardened Linux Distribution: http://immunix.org Available for purchase: http://wirex.com/Products/Immunix/purchase.html
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