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Re: [PLUG] story of the 419 scammer/spammer being caught
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Article 419 of the Nigerian criminal code relates to fraud by use
of a computer. The original scams came from Nigeria with appeals
to help the widow of a particularily nefarious former dictator get
her husband's ill gotten gains out of off shore banks.
bs
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, 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
>
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