A side note, I was watching a news story on the Nigerian scam, and they mentioned that at least 17 people have been killed while trying to reclaim their money from these people.
So it’s probably best just to ignore, unless you like throwing away you’re money. If that’s the case, email me
I have gotten about 3 of these in 10 years, I always ignore them and nothing has happened so far. The other option might be to pass it on to your service provider so they can mark it as spam for their spam blockers, and if they have a department that deals with e-mail fraud they can handle it.
I am amazed that their are people who actually give money to these things.
Of course I’m not taking it seriously, and I’m sorry if I gave you that impression. What I am trying to figure out is if I should play the prank that I’ve mentioned in a couple of previous threads on the subject (basically, I sent virtually the same thing back to the spammer, and see if I can trick him into giving me money), report it to the website that deals with this sort of thing, or just delete it.
I still wonder where these people get my e-mail adress, which only six people on the face of this earth know.
True, but, then again, people like “Nigerian Scams”, and have liked them since the turn of the (last) century, when they were known as “The Spanish Prisoner”.
You’ll notice that the people who did manage to scam the scammers had somewhat more elaborate plans and only got very little money. Like I said, by answering, you’re only encouraging the practice. Delete.
Delete it. I get about 20 a day. I tried fucking with them once, but it soon gets old. Better and safer to read about the sport other people have had with them.
Looking at the advice I’ve received, I’ve decided that discression is the greater part of valor, and that it would be more fun to make up pranks to pull on these people than it would be to actually pull them. I’ve deleted it.
Why trust a doper with less that 6400 posts when you can trust me with your life’s earnings.
Then I’ll invest it for you in those fabulous gold coins that that nice lady on TV tells me will add to my security and, possibly, an Amway Dealership.
It seems that everybody else getting a Nigerian Scam e-mail? I’d love to get one to keep for posterity. Are they rare? (no, I do NOT want to respond to them.)
“Good evening, kind sir. My name is Governor Quinn, former Governor of Hawaii. I wouls like to help you get funds, however, I am in a pickle myself. My good friend, the Hon. Simon Garfunkel, former director of the local oil firm, is in jail for reasons beyond our control. I need $35,000 US sent to me immediatly to get him out of jail, for which you will be reimbursed afterwards. To do this, please contact my barrister, the Hon. Nicholas Q. Carroway, my banker, the Hon. Rick Blaine, or my bridge partner, the Hon. Peregrin Took”
Sadly, I’ve decided this to be unwise, because of the risk of getting more e-mail, but, if I had an e-mail account that I used solely for this, I’d love to do it.
