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Tue, May 30 2006
Well—he knows how to spell "Million"
This morning marks the first time I've noticed a "Nigerian Scam" letter that went quite like this:
The crowning touches were the email address with a .es extension on it and a bottom line in Spanish with a link back to a site at www.terra.es.
I'm sure Saddam Hussein would be thrilled to know that his legend is growing and turning into something like a one-line description of a Movie of the Week. I do doubt that we'll have to worry about this sort of spammer for very long. As a friend of mine would put it, they will thin their own gene pool for us.
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This morning marks the first time I've noticed a "Nigerian Scam" letter that went quite like this:
Hey Buddy,
This is Sgt Lee Boyd, I am a soldier And photo journalist, serving in the military .I am with the 248th Engineer corp. in the National Guard. I am writing this message from Ar-ramadi in Iraq.
We hit Iraq May 2003 and have moved around a few times building up f.o.b. around the western side of the country as well as missions into Bagdad.With attacks by insurgents everyday and car bombs, We Managed to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussein Family. The total amount is US$25 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills. We want to move this money out of Iraqi. No strings attached, just help us receive it, Iraq is a war zone although partially ended. We plan on using diplomatic courier to ship the money out in one large silver box, using diplomatic immunity. If you are interested I will send you the full details, when you receive this letter signifying your interest including your most confidential telephone/fax numbers for quick response also your contact details.
Respectfully,
Sgt. Lee Boyd
The crowning touches were the email address with a .es extension on it and a bottom line in Spanish with a link back to a site at www.terra.es.
I'm sure Saddam Hussein would be thrilled to know that his legend is growing and turning into something like a one-line description of a Movie of the Week. I do doubt that we'll have to worry about this sort of spammer for very long. As a friend of mine would put it, they will thin their own gene pool for us.
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