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Re: OT: Spam on HP3000-l
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"Johnson, Tracy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Johnson, Tracy
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Thu, 10 Jan 2002 08:47:41 -0500
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The Nigerian SPAMmers are a known criminal group (or a copycat
thereof) that has made international news over several years.

It originally started as a letter-scam in the mid 1990s.

http://www.lpconline.com/Nigerian_overview.html

In later years they targeted the internet:

http://www.vnunet.com/News/104004

The official U.S. government site regarding this scheme is at:

http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/index.htm?alert419.htm&1

Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevits Sensors

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