Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]being on the internet, it's inevitable that we'd eventually get a "nigerian businessman" scam article posted to the lug. i can live with that. but the awful thing is when half a dozen people copy the entire message, append "this seems to be a scam" or "wow!" or something and then send the whole thing right back to the group, in case anybody's missed it i guess. if anybody's interested in how this all works, i wrote a nice article about it for InformIT a few months ago: http://www.informit.com/includes/ads/pointroll/pointrollads.htm?ad=602v20024 2921418&pub=informit&size=120_600&redir=$CTURL$&bu=1005210354 and i really recommend reading www.thespamletters.com just for the wonderful exchange he has with a "nigerian businessman" http://www.thespamletters.com/letter.php?spamID=91&sortBy=da&start=0&search= Nigerian you should sit on the floor while you read this so you don't fall from your chair while laughing and injure yourself. kc obleica: while getting off a train yesterday i noticed a beautiful rainbow ending at philadelphia's masonic lodge next to city hall. having, of course, my m6 and 35mm sumiwhanot in hand, i fired off a few frames. i was unable to gain access to the masonic lodge to look for the pot of gold, but a few old men shouted cabbalistic things at me from upper windows as i pounded on the doors demanding to see the head leprachaun. eventually one of them threw what appeared to be a sextant at me (a wizend coger mowing lawns at a rectory) and i beat a retreat shaking my fist. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html