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To: goldstategop; clee1
I know. Variations on a scheme. I got one from 'Sierra Leone' the other day. Of course they almost always have a UK e-mail address, which means it can come from almost anywhere.
3 posted on 04/29/2004 1:09:05 AM PDT by GeronL ("We are beyond right and wrong" the scariest words from the radical left.)
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To: GeronL
A UK address means nothing if its bounced off through various e-mail servers. And the scammers don't have to be Nigerian - any one can claim they're acting on behalf of Nigerians.
4 posted on 04/29/2004 1:11:30 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: GeronL
As a general rule, I don't respond to email from senders that are unknown to me.

I save myself from alot of (potential) irritation that way.
6 posted on 04/29/2004 1:16:06 AM PDT by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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To: GeronL
10 times out of 10 scammers and spammers don't use their real e-mail addresses either in the From: field or the Reply-To: field, otherwise they'd be easily traced. Many occasions you can't even trace the origination just from looking at the SMTP headers, they can be easily forged as well.
9 posted on 04/29/2004 2:04:07 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/">Waffles</a>)
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