From: J. Forster (jfor@quik.com)
Date: Thu Nov 10 2005 - 15:27:29 PST
Horrocks, Aaron wrote:
> In late 2004 the neighboring countries of Nigeria were so fed up with
> the amount of email spam, scams, and abuse of the internet; that they
> banded together and physically destroyed all internet communication
> lines crossing the borders. The country was (and possibly still is)
> completely disconnected from the internet.
>
> Sounds amazing, but it's true. It was well documented on SlashDot. It's
> not the only country off the net. North Korea isn't connected either -
> But that's due to their own government. The "World Wide Web" isn't!
Might well be true. I've not seen any scams from Nigeria in a while, and I file
Going back to the original question, IF the money is sent via WU AND you go to
Caveat emptor,
complaints on EVERY scam or spam I get.
WU and get cash in hand, where is the risk to the recipient of the money? How
can the payment be undone? I'm not doubting it's a scam, but would just like to
know how it works.
-John
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