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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 dqatechATdaqartaDOTcom D A Q A R T A Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis www.daqarta.com |
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