Nigerian scam???

On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 01:18:18 GMT, Russell Andavall
wrote:

So I keep getting e-mails from some turkies in Nigeria asking for a
pottery order to be sent COD and wanting to use a credit card or wire
the money to my account... Humm lets see, my work costs $30 US for a
large bowl that would cost about 50¢ in Nigeria and cost about $50 to
ship and insure it... what are the chances that this is the Nigerian
scam aimed at potters? (100%!!!) A variation has the same thing but is a
hotel in Switzerland.... If it sounds too good to be true, it is... Be
careful!!
Russ Andavall
www.firegodarts.com


It's almost certainly a scam. This topic was discussed on
Clayart a while back, and I think someone looked into it
but couldn't get a reply back from the Nigerians. (You
might want to search the archives. Use Google to search
for "Clayart Archives" first, then use the archive's own
search engine.)

What I wonder about is why all these scams come from
Nigeria. Is it the work of a few determined hackers
that just happen to live in Nigeria? Or are things so bad
there that scams are a popular source of income? And
if so, how do they afford computers to run the scams?

Just curious....



Bob Masta
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