RE: Nigerians Arrested in Holland for Internet 419 Scam

["Gary Funck" <gary () intrepid com>]

> Dutch police said they had arrested 12 Nigerians in connection
> with an Internet scam in which emails were sent to Americans
> tricking them into investing in non-existent schemes.

Wow.  I never thought that _real_ Nigerians were behind
those 419 schemes.  Almost adds an air of legitimacy.

> Most of the victims of the scam were US citizens.

Fool me once, fool me twice, fool me a few thousand times. <g>

> The gang has posted some 100,000 emails to potential victims, police said.

And that was just in one day. <g>

Hey with $25,000 in cash laying around, and given 100,000 emails,
they were averaging $4/message.  A lot higher than I would've thought.

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