From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
From: ccsdhd@bath.ac.uk (Dennis Davis)
Message-ID: <H0wA9I.JMJ.B.hinault@bath.ac.uk>
References: <20020814092910.8DBA973C99@wintermute.cse.psu.edu>, <3D5AC220.F7A7ED77@null.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] (no subject)
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:08:06 +0000
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In the referenced article, "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net> writes:

...

>Does anyone know why this particular scam seems to
>be associated with Nigeria?  Other than that it is
>rife with corruption.

The Crimes of Persuasion website details almost all confidence
scams, many have moved onto email:

http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/

Scamorama provides examples sent in by the public and links to many
advice agencies:

http://www.scamorama.com/

And for an amusing example of Nigerian Scam Baiting see:

http://www.geocities.com/a_kerenx/index.html

A colleague went through letters 2 and 3.  He warns that it's an
excellent website for time-wasting!
--
Dennis Davis, BUCS, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
D.H.Davis@bath.ac.uk