From: Viktor Haag <vhaag@rim.net>
Subject: Re: 6 postings today -- *all* spam
Date: 02 Jul 2002 13:27:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1zit3yhwg0.fsf@suldrun.rim.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87bs9rupjd.fsf@pot.cnuce.cnr.it
pot@gnu.org (Francesco Potorti`) writes:
> Incidentally, can anybody explain to me what scam all these
> ostensible corrupt Nigerian officials are up to?
>
> It's an ordinary scam, a very old and apparently successful
> one, in one of its many incarnations.
It even has a name -- The Spanish Prisoner -- at least, according
to David Mamet. 8-)
--
Viktor Haag : Software & Information Design : Research In Motion
+--+
"When a movie doesn't have a brain in its head, it's kind of
unfair to require thought on the part of the audience."
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-02 17:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-29 21:41 6 postings today -- *all* spam Joe Fineman
2002-06-30 8:26 ` Alan Mackenzie
2002-07-01 3:22 ` Dan Jacobson
2002-07-02 7:37 ` Richard Stallman
2002-07-01 21:05 ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-07-02 17:27 ` Viktor Haag [this message]
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