[tazjet]

Originally Posted by Kall

I have my own nigerian spammer to play with!

Be nice if there was a worm we could use to spam them ?

Like imagine if at GMT midnight 27 October 2007, their inbox filled with 35 million requests for information ... haha

[bonzdee]

Hey I get those all the time, I collect their e-mail addresses and e-mail my own business opportunity to them, never know maybe one of them may change their ways and go legit....damn scammers.

[edshuck]

Originally Posted by Cobra

I have gotten those emails as well usually from Nigerian bankers who inform me that I have millions of dollars waiting for me.

Do people fall for those emails?

Has anyone on this forum been a victim of such fraud emails?

There was a 60 minutes program about the people who arrive daily from the States to find what the delay is in delivery of their riches.

At some point there is an attempt at identity theft or a request for "good faith" money.

Nigeria has no law against this activity. But those scammed may end up in jail.

Over time, I have gotten them from England, Holland, Togo, Nigeria, the Gulf States.

[kall]

ED!!! You're back!!

*hugs*

[bonzdee]

Originally Posted by edshuck

There was a 60 minutes program about the people who arrive daily from the States to find what the delay is in delivery of their riches.

At some point there is an attempt at identity theft or a request for "good faith" money.

Nigeria has no law against this activity. But those scammed may end up in jail.

Over time, I have gotten them from England, Holland, Togo, Nigeria, the Gulf States.

Yes it seems like a lot of places in the world are taking this scamming business and making it global, heard of some even creating fake online banking sites and sending e-mails to people requesting them to login into thier online banking accounts and changing thier passwords, little knowing that the fake website they are entering it in, is logging thier orignal password and using it at the real online banking website and accessing peoples money and depositing it to over seas accounts.

Thats why checking the URL of the banking website is so important, cos the URL can never be faked.