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Strange Spam I got [Arms soliciting from a foreign entity!]
spam ( TEMI JOHNSON ) | unknown really... I got this on 9-17-2002 | TEMI JOHNSON

Posted on 09/17/2002 7:01:37 AM PDT by aSkeptic

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This has got to be the weirdest spam I've ever gotten...
1 posted on 09/17/2002 7:01:38 AM PDT by aSkeptic
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This has got to be the weirdest spam I've ever gotten...

should read 'the weirdest scam...'

2 posted on 09/17/2002 7:03:44 AM PDT by steveo
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To: aSkeptic
LOL....this is a variation of the Nigerian scams. They will want an account number. If you give them one, make sure that it has a ZERO balance...!-)
3 posted on 09/17/2002 7:04:23 AM PDT by beowolf
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To: aSkeptic; Poohbah
Oh, we could have some fun with this one.

Which company is this? This could be a big score.
4 posted on 09/17/2002 7:05:28 AM PDT by hchutch
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To: aSkeptic
This is the start of a classic con game that will require you to eventually put up some good faith money that will disappear. I suugest you notify law enforcement.
5 posted on 09/17/2002 7:06:01 AM PDT by harpseal
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To: aSkeptic
I made $6 million answering one of these.....
6 posted on 09/17/2002 7:07:11 AM PDT by woofie
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To: aSkeptic
Might claim to be from the Congo, but has all the hallmarks of a NIGERIAN SCAM. Avoid at all costs!.

Other links...

Nigeria - The 419 Coalition Website
Nigerian Scam -- Promise of Funds but Intent is to Rob
Scam o Rama, or The Lads from Lagos
Nigerian Fraud Email Gallery
House of Con Games
7 posted on 09/17/2002 7:07:35 AM PDT by vannrox
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To: aSkeptic
Somewhere, sometime, some FOOL will respond and since it costs so very little for SPAM, it becomes a profit center for these scammers. Some body should write a book on how this has evolved from the snail mail letters from Nigeria to this example. The only problem is that research in west Africa is literally deadly so the incentives are diminished.
8 posted on 09/17/2002 7:07:57 AM PDT by SES1066
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What sort of trouble would we get into if we tried to scam a scammer?
9 posted on 09/17/2002 7:08:03 AM PDT by hchutch
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None....you would simply be replying in 'good faith'...;-)
10 posted on 09/17/2002 7:11:06 AM PDT by beowolf
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To: steveo
Just to echo what others have already said, this is a scam with the goal of obtaining your bank account info. It isn't a joke. It isn't harmless spam.
11 posted on 09/17/2002 7:11:11 AM PDT by bobsatwork
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Probably not much, but remember they aren't going to send you any money no matter what.
12 posted on 09/17/2002 7:11:39 AM PDT by dark_lord
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To: Gunrunner2
PING!

Seems pertinent.

13 posted on 09/17/2002 7:15:45 AM PDT by spetznaz
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To: aSkeptic
This is just a modification of a popular scam. I get e-mails or faxes from Nigeria or some other African country every month or so offering millions of dollars if I will get involved in one scheme or another. The last one was a life insurance policy on someone who died at WTC on 9/11. There are other variations as well.

If you respond, they will ask you for money at some point or else get you to come to their country "on a secret mission" so that you can be robbed or killed after you get there.

14 posted on 09/17/2002 7:23:18 AM PDT by San Jacinto
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What sort of trouble would we get into if we tried to scam a scammer?

African scammers? Well, people who got too deeply involved have been known to turn up dead - not just with an empty bank account.

Just drop it to law enforcement.

15 posted on 09/17/2002 7:26:07 AM PDT by Cachelot
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LAURENT IS DEAD???? Why weren't we informed?
16 posted on 09/17/2002 7:35:01 AM PDT by Tacis
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This seems to be written in proper english and may be a hoax. However I would leave that determination to the Feds. I would call my local FBI office and get their e-mail address and forward it to them.
17 posted on 09/17/2002 7:38:53 AM PDT by passionfruit
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I made $6 million answering one of these.....

And if you send me 3 easy payments of $14.95, I will send you my complete audio tape system showing you how to do the same. . .

18 posted on 09/17/2002 7:55:38 AM PDT by dpa5923
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To: aSkeptic
If the phone number is real, the country code (44) indicates a phone number in the United Kingdom. Just curious: Can you show us the full headers from the e-mail?
19 posted on 09/17/2002 7:58:05 AM PDT by RedWhiteBlue
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To: aSkeptic
The standard version of this scam is the Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud or "4-1-9" scam. See the Secret Service site for details

http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/financial_crimes.shtml#Nigerian

http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml

The second site tells how to report this to the Secret Service.

Or search the web for "Nigerian scam"
20 posted on 09/17/2002 8:09:12 AM PDT by omega4412
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