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Re: Nigeria scam



Nice idea, but what you are sending what you refer as "spam" to is
usually a bogus address.  End of story, they don' even know about or
receive your efforts.


Xiamen Lee wrote:
>
> Actually, you all should do what i do.  I send the
> people who send me Nigerian spam, a lot of email.  I
> spam them!  If everyone sent them 10 emails a day we
> would flood them.  If you set up a distribution list
> you can do it with a minimum of effort.
>
> I get no more spam from them than before, but i do get
> a lot of pleasure from knowing that they have to
> delete the gibberish i send them.
>
> Xiamen
>
> --- Medwyn Parry <medwyn.parry@RCAHMW.ORG.UK> wrote:
> > That "one in a lifetime opportunity" has been the
> > subject of conversation
> > over on this side of the pond for about a year now.
> > Just ignore it.
> > Medwyn Parry
> > Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical
> > Monuments of Wales
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jill L Schneider" <jschnidr@USGS.GOV>
> > To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 7:35 PM
> > Subject: Nigeria scam
> >
> >
> > > Hi all -
> > >
> > > Did anyone else get the e-mail fraud from
> > "Princewill" this AM about the
> > > Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ("send us
> > your bank account number
> > > so we can give you lots of money, but don't tell
> > anyone about it")?  My IT
> > > guy is trying to figure out where the sender got
> > my e-ddress - or
> > > non-edress as it were, since it was actually from
> > & to the same e-mail
> > > addy.  Don't know how it got to me, but am
> > interested in knowing if anyone
> > > else got it this time around.
> > >
> > > And please, no long discussions/warnings about the
> > topic/pitfalls of
> > SPAM -
> > > just answer the question, please, yes or no.  ;->
> > >
> > > ttfn - Jill.
> > >
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