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   Khyron, 11 Apr 2002 @ 4:12pm

   
   

   Not in all caps

   The one I received earlier this week wasn't in all caps. I wish I had kept it, but hitting the delete key is too damn easy.

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   Tim, 12 Apr 2002 @ 5:56am

   
   

   Re: Not in all caps

   I finally got one 2 weeks ago. It was the oil
   money one. I was so pleased! I've been using the
   internet since early 1990, and they'd never
   picked me before! It's nice to see that search
   engine technology is finally getting good enough
   to data mine email addresses that have been
   carefully hidden for years.

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   Wklink (profile), 12 Apr 2002 @ 6:05am

   
   

   Report your 419 spams

   Last time I got the 419 spam, I forwarded it to enforcement@sec.gov. Their response is below:

   Dear Investor:
   
   Thank you for taking the time to forward to us another instance of advance fee frauds. I have fwded. it in turn to the Secret Service at:
   419.fcd@usss.treas.gov.
   
   Our only request would be that you be kind enough to forward any additional iterations of and/or variations on the Nigerian advance fee fraud spam you receive directly to the Secret Service. That Federal agency is handling this matter, and it would be a great help for you to send them to the Secret Service instead of the SEC:
   419.fcd@usss.treas.gov.
   
   Again, thanks for your e-mail.
   
   Sincerely,
   
   Jim Daly
   U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
   Office of Investor Education and Assistance
   (202) 942-7173, (202) 942-9634 (fax)
   oiea@sec.gov
   

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   Phillip, 12 Apr 2002 @ 2:26pm

   
   

   Forwarded mine to Scotland Yard

   I'd never heard of the scam before I received it, but twigged instantly. I sent (what I thought was) a jokey reply saying sure we could meet... if they were prepared to pay for a plane ticket and a hotel in a nice sunny country. When they started sending contact numbers and times I thought I may be in over my head and forwarded all my correspondance to Scotland Yard who informed me they would deal with it. Dealing with criminals over the Internet is one thing, I'd rather not bump into them for real.
   
   Phillip.

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   David H. Lippman, 26 Nov 2002 @ 5:46am

   
   

   Re: Forwarded mine to Scotland Yard

   I always send mine to the US Secret Service and use Spamcop to explode the headers. Then I send the e-mail to the postmasters of the listed hosts. I usually get apologies from them.
   
   However, I got two identical Nigerian e-mails next to each other on my inbox, both claiming to be the supreme muckity-muck of some bank in Nigeria. The only difference between the two was the name of the schmuck. So I forwarded the two e-mails to each other with the following comment: "You should have a chat with this guy. He's doing your job and stealing your money."
   
   Never heard from either again.

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