[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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