From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: ccsdhd@bath.ac.uk (Dennis Davis) Message-ID: 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 Topicbox-Message-UUID: ddbe60f8-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 In the referenced article, "Douglas A. Gwyn" 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