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Re: curious email
From: Kenneth Loafman <kenneth () loafman com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:17:06 -0500
Hmmm, spammer must be a better lawyer than you thought. When I go to the page I get: [ this page has been removed ] and that's it. ...Ken Anders Bjarby wrote: > Very common scam, google for "nigeria letter" and you'll notice that > you are not alone. :) > > /Anders > > fredagen den 15 augusti 2003 kl 13.11 skrev Tom Koehler: > >> I see quite a lot of stuff like that coming at >> our mail system. I believe its called the nigera >> connection. The various storys have gained cult status >> in germany (http://www.nigeria-connection.de sorry page in >> german). The last one I remember is from last week supposedly >> coming from swizterland trying to get at some money sombody >> owned how died in the Lockerby crash (quite tastless that). >> Those are all schemes to get at your money >> hth >> tom >> >>> I received a rather strange email today [08.15.03] at 12:44AM. I'll >>> let the email speak for itself: >>> http://www.osidan.com/tmp/curiosemail.html >> >> >>> If anyone has any information regarding a scandal revolving around an >>> email of this sort, please let me know. I believe I read an article or >>> perhaps it was a past FD thread that discussed some sort of scandal >>> resembling this scenario. I've not responded to this fellow, nor do I >>> intend to, as the email surely seems to be a fake. Firstly, this >>> person managed to track my email down but did not address me formally? >>> He is a lawyer, so he says, and as such, he certainly should have used >>> my name. Also, the email header seems somewhat strange. It's addressed >>> to himself from himself. The only place the email address to which he >>> was directing the email [my email address] was found was in the >>> top-most Received information clause, where I have exchanged that >>> particular email address with "my@email.address". Any information >>> would be much appreciated. >> >> >> >> -- COMPUTERBILD 15/03: Premium-e-mail-Dienste im Test >> -------------------------------------------------- >> 1. GMX TopMail - Platz 1 und Testsieger! >> 2. GMX ProMail - Platz 2 und Preis-Qualitätssieger! >> 3. Arcor - 4. web.de - 5. T-Online - 6. freenet.de - 7. daybyday - 8. >> e-Post >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. >> Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----- > > Anders Bjarby > Infomaker Scandinavia AB > http://www.infomaker.se > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
Current thread:
- curious email Christopher Garrett (Aug 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re:curious email Tom Koehler (Aug 15)
- Re:curious email Philippe Biondi (Aug 15)
- Re: curious email Anders Bjarby (Aug 15)
- Re: curious email Kenneth Loafman (Aug 15)