[ILUG] [very OT] snail-mail lottery/Nigerian fraud
Proinnsias Breathnach
proinnsias at linux.ie
Fri Dec 15 12:06:59 GMT 2006
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 08:26:49PM +0100, Brian Foster wrote:
> profuse apologies, this has nothing whatsoever to do with
> Linux or FLOSS,
(Or indeed Ireland ... but hey - apology accepted !)
> who on Earth would fall for a mis-spelt English letter sent
> from Spain to an address in France “promising” money for
> nothing?
> are the fraudsters really rolling in lots'o'money? — it cost
> 0.57 € to snail-mail this obvious bit of phishing, plus paper,
> envelopes, &tc, so the sums would (seem to) quickly add up.
It gets better .. (Read "Tuesdays with Mantu" if you get a chance .. )
The real question now is :
Is that 0.57 Euro or 0.57 Cent ?
(With apologies to verizon !!)
P
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