From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 6 23:40:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECF8337B401 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2001 23:40:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f876eE714345; Thu, 6 Sep 2001 23:40:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Mark the Shiny Badger!" , "fallous" , "Jonathan Hilgeman" , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: PRIVATE MESSAGE Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 23:40:14 -0700 Message-ID: <004d01c13767$f3385900$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: <03e601c13765$d7f29b30$0200a8c0@mark2> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Oh, my naieve fellow, If you think that's unbelievably dumb, you need to take a look here at the grandaddy of all sites for getting something for nothing: http://www.disturbingauctions.com/ One of my favorites is the "Doggy Pen Holder" Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark the Shiny Badger! [mailto:mark@wellgroomedbadger.co.uk] >Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:24 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; fallous; Jonathan Hilgeman; >'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' >Subject: Re: PRIVATE MESSAGE > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" >> Unfortunately these spams are becoming more and more common because >> unbelievably some idiots have actually fallen for them. The scam is >> simple, the scammer claims that they have money tied up in some >> foreign country and they need your bank account number to free it up. >> They always pick some country that has a fucked up banking system. >> Then as soon as they get your bank account number they transfer all >> your funds to their account and close it. It's impossible to get the >> money back because the scammers bribe the police in the country that >> the money is transferred to and the international banks are basically >> powerless to do anything about it. > >It's really hard to believe anyone would fall for something like this.....I >guess there's no accounting for the things people will do to get money for >nothing. > >Regards, >Mark > >-- >Mark Hughes - DVD & Film Content Manager, Technical Officer >Digital Spy Ltd >http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ >Your number one source for digital media and entertainment news! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message