Re: [PLUG] story of the 419 scammer/spammer being caught

[John Ashmead <john.ashmead@ashmeadsoftware.com>]

After the relevant section in the Nigerian penal code.  With possibly 
an echo of the San Fran '49's, a period reminiscent of the web bubble 
in some ways.

As someone pointed out last night, the basic scam goes back at least 
200 years, when putative members of the Johnson family who had fled the 
revolution to Britain would write fellow Johnsons saying that for 
*almost* no money down, large shares of fortunes unavoidably left 
behind in the then-colonies could be retrieved and shared.

On Apr 8, 2004, at 10:06 AM, Walt Mankowski wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 09:50:50AM -0400, John Ashmead wrote:
> > The source for the story I mentioned last night is at
> > http://www.linux.ie/pipermail/ilug/2004-April/013049.html.
> >
> > I can see a market for not just flavored but chewable USB memory 
> > sticks
> > developing, if this trend keeps up.  :)
>
> Heh, cool story.  Thanks.  I just have one question -- why's it called
> a 419?
>
> Walt


John Ashmead
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