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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...
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:01:38 AM PDT
by
aSkeptic
To: aSkeptic
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
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...!-)
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:04:23 AM PDT
by
beowolf
To: aSkeptic; Poohbah
Oh, we could have some fun with this one.
Which company is this? This could be a big score.
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:05:28 AM PDT
by
hchutch
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.
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:06:01 AM PDT
by
harpseal
To: aSkeptic
I made $6 million answering one of these.....
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:07:11 AM PDT
by
woofie
To: aSkeptic
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:07:35 AM PDT
by
vannrox
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.
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:07:57 AM PDT
by
SES1066
To: beowolf; Congressman Billybob
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
To: hchutch
None....you would simply be replying in 'good faith'...;-)
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:11:06 AM PDT
by
beowolf
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.
To: hchutch
Probably not much, but remember they aren't going to send you any money no matter what.
To: Gunrunner2
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:15:45 AM PDT
by
spetznaz
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.
To: hchutch
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.
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:26:07 AM PDT
by
Cachelot
To: aSkeptic
LAURENT IS DEAD???? Why weren't we informed?
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:35:01 AM PDT
by
Tacis
To: aSkeptic
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.
To: woofie
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. . .
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posted on
09/17/2002 7:55:38 AM PDT
by
dpa5923
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?
To: aSkeptic
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