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Maybe that explains the popularity of professional sports in the USA - it's
an industry based on greed.
My $0.02 worth,
Ken Janusz, CPIM
> Greed works. That is the basis of most scams. Few people will feel sorry
for
> you if you are stupid and greedy, so the culprits are less likely to be
> prosecuted.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:59 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>
> This is referred to as the Nigerian Scam. I really hope that you did not
> beleive that these were *actual* officials. Funny (or may NOT). but some
> people have actaully fallen for this scam.
>
> They ask for money to setup up accounts etc, then they clean them
out......
>
> There are whole websites on this,
>
> Hannah
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> <Mike.Hately_at_churchill.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 11:24 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
> I haven't had this recently.
>
> I can't believe the number of government officials out there who
> covertly
> email people out of the blue with fantastic offers of wealth.
> I've been contacted by deposed leaders, heads of government departments
and,
>
> on one occasion, a king who needed my money to help him recover the throne
> of which he'd been cheated. When he was properly enthroned he was going to
> shower me with the kind of riches only seen in pirate movies.
> I always feel that was a chance wasted. I could have been a Maharajah by
> now.
>
> Yes, I got lots of this kind of old bollocks.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: 22 August 2002 15:49
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> HELLO !!!!!!!! anyone else get this pile of S**T !!
>
> Lee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: 22 August 2002 16:44
> To: lerobe_at_acxiom.co.uk
>
>
> STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT.
>
> I am a native of Cape Town in
> South Africa and I am an Executive Accountant with
> the
> South Africa DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
> First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to
> reach you for a transaction/business of this
> magnitude, but this is due to
> Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this
> medium.
>
> <blather blather>
>
>
>
>
>
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