I liked it better when we got them in the good ol mail.  Poorly typed out,
but very entertaining.  Scam went that....if you DID fall, they said, oh,
you must come here to sign the documents in person. When you did, they would
hold you for ransom, and yes, I believe some did get killed. I cannot
believe anyone would fall for it...but

>From: "dr. Imre Bartfai" <root@PROF.PMMF.HU>
>Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: [OT]: Warning - scam
>Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 17:42:41 +0100
>
>Yes, exactly.
>
>On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Dale Botkin wrote:
>
> > Is that the supposed Nigerian bank transfer scam?  I get that about once
> > or twice a week...
> >
> > Dale
> >  ---
> > "Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that
> > curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly."
> >           - Arnold Edinborough
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, dr. Imre Bartfai wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > last time I got an unsolicited e-mail from an unknown source to
>promise
> > > become rich etc. etc. if I give my accont no, etc. I have looked
>around
> > > using the fake name of the person and the name of the person mentioned
>in
> > > the letter (Andreas B. Smith) and what I found stated my judgement is
> > > correct and it is a scam. If anybody gets similar message (I suspect
>my
> > > addres was dug from the PICLIST) please search in Google using the
>names I
> > > said or the following keywords: 419 fraud
> > >
> > > Maybe my warning is superfluous but I heard innocent people were
>already
> > > being killed for believing that damned lie!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Imre
> > >
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