RE: Spam Kills

["William Lefkovics" <william () emailonastick com>]

I find atheists very religious, but I agree would probably not fall for this
angle as frequently.

 

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Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:18 AM
To: Richard M. Smith
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Subject: Re: [funsec] Spam Kills

We've all seen this religious-angle spam; I imagine that religious people
are more gullible than non-religious, on the average. 

It would be interested to test that hypothesis.

You'd take a bunch of regular church-goers, and a bunch of atheists, and
find some aburd impossible proposition, and see how many of each group you
could convince of it.

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Richard M. Smith wrote:

> http://www.theregister.com/2007/04/10/nigerian_murder_trial/
>  
>
> Trial in 419-related murder under way
> Nigerian scam claims another life
> By Dan Goodin in San Francisco
> Published Tuesday 10th April 2007 19:21 GMT
>
> Nigerian 419 scams have bilked untold billions of dollars from people 
> who have more hope than sense. A trial underway in the US will detail 
> how one scheme claimed the life of a Tennessee minister whose wife is 
> accused of gunning him down after it came to light she fell victim to 
> Nigerian-style swindlers.
>
> Mary Carol Winkler, who according to news accounts is 33, stands 
> accused of first degree murder. Her husband, Matthew, was found dead 
> of a single wound from a 12-gauge shotgun blast suffered while he lay 
> sleeping. Earlier in the evening, the two had argued about the dire 
> state of their family finances, according to news reports from the
Associated Press and other outlets.
> A day before the murder, the Winklers' bank notified them they had 
> fallen prey to an advance fee fraud in which she deposited $17,500 in 
> fraudulent checks into family accounts. Prosecutors say Mary was at fault
in the scam.
> She likely fell victim to a variety of the scam that uses religious 
> angles to gain a victim's confidence. (Attorneys for Mary say Matthew 
> was aware of the deposited checks and say their client is not guilty. 
> They have stressed the couple's argument involved other disagreements 
> as well.) Additionally, Mary is reported to have had a weakness for online
gambling.
> Such scams are frequently dubbed Nigerian or 419 because they are said 
> to have originated in that country, where article 419 of the Nigerian 
> criminal code prohibits such activities. Since the early 1990s, 
> criminals in many other countries have adopted the technique.

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