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  1. What a scream. There’s a very funny book on this subject, a novel that reads like a documentary account, called “Delete This at Your Peril,” in which the protagonist, an elderly Scottish pub-crawler, actually replies to email scammers and turns the tables on them, or at least tries to.

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  4. I just hope that my In-laws don’t receive that scam in their e-mail,because i can guarantee that they will fall for it. Last year they fell for a scam about some guy named “Leo Wanta” who supposedly was at one time a U.S. ambassador during the Reagan years,and who claims to be the person most responsible for the downfall of the Soviet Union,and who supposedly has “trillions” in a swiss banc account that he made from shorting the Russian dollar when the soviet union collapsed.
    I believe they sent that guy money to help his attorney fees to free up the all that money with a promise to get a few millions in return. They fell for it and they also got a few of their friends involved in that scam.
    Whats really sad is that it wasn’t a few weeks after i convinced them that it was a scam and to quit sending that scam artist anymore money,they were all excited about an e-mail they received in which they were promised millions if they helped some Nigerian prince with his attorney fees to free up his billion dollar inheritance. Unbelievable.

  5. Actually, I would disfavor prosecution of the sender of this particular item on the premise that anyone who actually falls for it deserves to be scammed.

    I might be able to do it myself, because just yesterday I learned I may have one five million dollars from a magazine subscription company.

  6. the scariest part is that with your full name, tel # and address, they can essentially get your entire credit profile and then begin the hacking into specific accounts. the mother of all data points is your checking account of course, the ease with which scams can drain it, is uncanny. here’s my latest received attempt:

    “Pls re-confirm that you received the uklottery winning notice by replying with your name/address so as to furnish you with the details on how you won and the delivery of your winnings to you.”

    there has been a sharp rise in this stuff which i attribute to the decline in pirate activity off the horn of africa…..lol

  7. It’s the kind of thing Kofi Annan might well send, being himself a crook; however, I doubt he would misspell his name.

  8. Yes, the United Nations fits right in there, doesn’t it? Actually, Nigerian scams amuse me too. What I like most about them is the way that they are entirely predicated on the greed of the recipient.

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