Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 09:02:27 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strictly Private. Message-ID: <20021012230227.GQ930@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <1034463503.373.11.camel@lerlaptop.lerctr.org> References: <20021012223843.2E2F743EA3@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <3DA8A9F5.4050609@potentialtech.com> <1034463503.373.11.camel@lerlaptop.lerctr.org>
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On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 05:58:23PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: > On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 18:02, Bill Moran wrote: > > I have two questions: > > > > 1. If someone is stupid enough to fall for this, how can the criminal > > presenting the scam actually get away with it? > > 2. Who is stupid enough to fall for this scam? > > > > I get a couple of these a week. Each with a different story. I mean, > > someone must be sitting around writing these bogus stories! Is that > > person actually rolling in the cash from them? Why hasn't someone > > dragged them off to jail? > I have taken to reporting each and everyone that hits my mailbox to the > U.S. Secret Service <419.fcd@usss.treas.gov>. I don't know if it helps > or not, but I've never gotten a bounce. Or to abuse@[ISP which is responsible for the originator address]. But yeah, they don't do much about it I'm afraid since this one was coming from a2000.nl *again*. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | Interested in MUDs? http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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