If you do get these, just send them to the "cc" on this list where the CDN gov't tracks these scams. Garth. > > If you have been receiving any of these messages, as I have, you might be > interested in the following. > > Paul > > ---------- > From: "Zingus J. Rinkle" <zingus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: freelists-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 04:48:25 +0200 > To: freelists-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [freelists-users] Re: Romanian Requests > Resent-From: "Zingus J. Rinkle" <1999s039@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Resent-To: freelists-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Resent-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 04:52:10 +0200 > > > >>> Nothing from Romanian on my ~60 member list. Lots from Nigeria and >>> other African locations. Some members, including myself, let an e-mail >>> address slip through in our message body, we're now much beset by the >>> 491 scamsters. We've locked our archive, but that's like closing the >>> barn after the livestock have left. :( >> What are the 491 scamsters? Sounds like something everyone should be >> careful about. > > People who perpetrates (or tries to perpetrate) 419 "nigerian > scams", I believe. Stuff like: "Here's the son of the king of > Congo, brutally dethronized by evil forces, seeking people like > you to mess with money I must hide." Nothing people which fires > up their brain while reading their mail should ever give credit. > Still some did, and wasted money, or worst. > > And now, for some insightful links on the topic: > http://www.upenn.edu/computing/security/advisories/419scam.html > http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/ > > Scammingly, > Zingus > > PS: Hello, list. :-) _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/pages/members.html#Joinmuglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/