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Re: 419 scammer in .robotics
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 16 May 2004 18:51:27 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Clark Stephens wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > What are 419s?
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> 419 refers to the Nigerian Penal Code section for this kind of crime.
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> The letters/emails are still getting responses decades after the scam was
> created. The U.S. Secret Service has a special webpage for information:
> http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml
> and there is a wider private-sector site, The 419 Coalition, dedicated to
> stopping the scam:
> http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
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> Hope that helps,
It does.. Thanks Clark! (your fount of amazingly obscure facts never ceases to
amaze...)
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