don't worry Jim, you still hold the record for people on the list who = have been run down in their own driveway.... -----Original Message----- From: Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:48 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] OT: Still Wednesday humor..More scam stuff OMG....OK..it is still Wednesday here in the US. You know how you get = those Nigerian scam letters that say you'll receive $20 million dollars....I = never thought about it but that amount of money would weigh a ton!! Not to = mention the sheer amount of space it would have to take up...you would need a = Crane to move it all...gee you don't think about stuff like that when someone waves all that money in your face.....It also makes all those James Bond movies where they are supposedly handling all that money quite unrealistic...a briefcase full of $100's really isn't going to hold that much. : ) What does a Million Dollars weigh? According to 419 letters, the security vaults of dozens of African = storage facilities are jammed with boxes packed with millions of U.S. Dollars. = The average amount stated is around $25,000,000. Assuming that the Dollars have all been changed into $100 bills, $25,000,000. equals 250,000 - $100 bills. A pound of U.S. currency notes, regardless of the denomination, contains = 454 bills (Avoir du Poids system. Troy system is 375 bills/lb.*). That = runs to a little over 550 pounds of money. Provided we're speaking of $100 = bills, which are not that handy in 3rd world countries. The standard = denomination is $20 bills. Using the above calculation for $20 bills, we would be looking at = 1,250,000 pieces of currency at close to 2,800 lbs., or over 1-=BD tons of money. American currency is 2.61 inches wide x 6.14 inches long x .0043 inches thick*. A standard box is 12x12x16. Packed in the most efficient = manner possible, one would need at least 330 boxes to house $25,000,000. The next time you receive a 419 letter asking for help in retrieving = vaulted currency, you will know what questions to ask. This is from a pretty cool website...I thought that my collection of = going on 200 scam letters was impressive but I am humbled by this womans = site... She maintains what she calls a 419 database.. http://www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpeak/Nigerian/419A.htm Guess I am going to have to collect something else if I want to get into = the Guiness book of world records. Later, JK =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm