[extropy-chat] codes in scam letters

[Harvey Newstrom]

On Sep 25, 2005, at 4:18 PM, spike wrote:

> The fact that the nigerian scam letters are still
> going around long after everyone knows better is
> evidence that they perhaps are being used for
> something sinister.

Sadly, no.  The truth is that people are still being caught by the 
Nigerian scam.  No matter how well a scam is exposed, somebody 
somewhere is still going to fall for it.

The other sinister use of the Nigerian scam is to test spam programs to 
verify address lists and determine which texts get through spam filters 
and which don't.

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Harvey Newstrom <HarveyNewstrom.com>
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