Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But then again, that website might be a scam, too. > From: Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:08:06 +0200 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: new scam? > > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >