Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I only got "the million dollars deposit on my account" scam, in the "you won a big prize in the lottery" version. It was very well done, even with an office in Amsterdam, with a phone and a Dutch speaking person. Typing "nigerian scams" in Google quickly proved what I suspected. There are quite a few websites that warn for and cover about all the scams pulled, names of persons and companies included. http://www.nigerianscams.org/ is one of them. --- > From: Ian Martin <ianmartin@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:45:54 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: new scam? > > I got one (in bad, choppy English) asking me to videotape a reverend's > birthday in Florida and would I accept cashiers checks. It felt weird and > off the wall so I disregarded it. I'm definitely not a videographer, and > there was nothing in the email that suggested any sort of real connection > to > me or what I do. I thought it was a scam. I know of a person who was lured > to Europe to photograph a dream assignment. All his equipment was provided > for him. Turns out, it was packed with drugs and he spent some time in jail > over there while the people who "hired" him vanished. I'm willing to bet > there are other people on this forum who know this story too. > -Ian > >> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:25:55 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: new scam? >> >> I get these requests regularly, asking me to sell them leather-bound >> Bibles. >> The problem is that I don't sell Bibles, to widows or anyone else. So I >> know >> it's a scam, but I've never taken the time to find out what the scam is. >> It >> sometimes comes from Uganda, but usually Nigeria. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >