[NCLUG] does anyone prosecute bad email schemes?

[Doug Holland]

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On Sunday 02 June 2002 05:18 pm, Evelyn Mitchell wrote:
> 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

I didn't mean U.S. government officials.  Yes, of course they are very 
concerned about advanced fee fraud (the Nigerian Scam.)  I meant that the 
scammers frequently bribed Nigerian officials to keep from being busted.

Doug
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