MSNBC in running an article about the history of the Nigerian Scam (or "419 Fraud"). The article is a little fluffy, but has some tidbits that might make explaining the story to the uninitiated a bit more interesting... http://www.msnbc.com/news/824336.asp?0dm=T12KT The most disturbing point (right or wrong): The Nigerian Scam is doing for Nigeria what porn did for the US in the early days of the Internet; it's getting people wired where formerly no infrastructure existed. -----Original Message----- From: Dorning, Kevin E - DI-3 [mailto:kedorning@private] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 12:39 PM To: 'Steve Layman'; alan Cc: crime@private Subject: RE: CRIME [Fwd: Fwd: VERY URGENT.] 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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