I reckon Birding-Aus should open a bank account and get our hands on
all this money :-)
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:29:38 +1100, Bill Stent <> wrote:
> Don't you think it's amazing that these "Nigerian 419" scams continue?
>
> Of course, to be successful they need at least two attributes:
> credibility and bait. In the last few years the scams have been
> flooding our inboxes, which means that credibility has been threatened
> (!?) of late.
>
> Their response is to pretend to be higher and higher profile characters.
> These days, they generally add a convenient link to some news event that
> lends some credibility to the story they're spinning - a plane crash in
> the Sudan, or an oil company in turmoil in Russia. In this paricular
> case it's a story that we all know.
>
> The bait has also grown. It seems that they keep adding a zero. I
> don't know about you, but I'm not going to believe a thing until it gets
> to US$10b. At that point I'm going to spontaneously believe it all and
> go for it, hook, line, sinker, rod, bait box and copy of Anglers'
> Weekly.
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of suha arafat
> Sent: Saturday, 29 January 2005 12:29 PM
> Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Mrs. SUHA ARAFAT ;
>
> Dear Friend,
>
> This mail may not be surprising to you if you have
> been following current events in the international media
> with reference to the Middle East and Palestine in
> particular.
>
> I am Mrs. SUHA ARAFAT, the wife of YASSER ARAFAT,
>
> by the Government so far is in the tune of about $6.5
> Billion Dollars. And they are not relenting on their effort to
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