Rika,

These individuals acquire our e-mail addresses
from the CONCH-L website. Unless you have your
CONCH-L account set up to hide your e-mail
address it is public information.

Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fernand De Donder" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: ABIDJAN.wale macauley


> Hello,
>
> I also receive a lot of emails from Nigeria, but also Sierra leone, Ivory
> Coast, South Africa, Mali, Congo etc...  I think I daily delete about 10
> such messages.. ahh all the money I could have had...
>
> More information about this scam can be found on the site of the US secret
> service http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/financial_crimes.shtml#Nigerian
>
> How these people ever got my email address is also mystery.  I guess there
> will always be people who take advantage of the internet and email to find
> victims.  They will set up scams, try to get your money etc...
> Unfortunately it also happens in the shellworld and fortunately they are
> forums like conch-L to warn people.  Thanks for the warning about th
> Indonesian shell orders.  I also got a very nice order, but thanks to
> previous messages on conch-L I did not really get excited about it.
>
> Rika
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