[NCLUG] does anyone prosecute bad email schemes?

Evelyn Mitchell efm at tummy.com
Sun Jun 2 17:18:03 MDT 2002


Doug et al,

> Most of those schemes (also known as advanced fee fraud or 419 scams) come 
> from Nigeria, and are in fact one of the top ten industries of Nigeria. :p  
> They bribe government officials to keep them off their backs.

This is just wrong.

The FTC is very concerned about such scams, and wants you to report them:

  https://rn.ftc.gov/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01


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