[Air-l] Have you received something like this?

[jeremy hunsinger]

Cristian Berrio wrote:

> THE FOLLOWING IS A OPEN "MONEY LAUNDRY" PROPOSAL THAT HAS REACHED MY 
> E-MAIL. DO ANY OF YOU HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS KIND OF CRIMINAL 
> METHODS AND HOW TO TRACK THE ORIGIN?
>
Generally this is known as the "Nigerian Scam"  it has nothing to do 
with money laundering at all in the end:) just fraud. Some places 
estimate that over 20 years it has been very lucrative fraud, upwards of 
$2billion u.s.   As to tracking the origin, good luck.  it has been 
going on since the 1980's more or less, and if you get one person, there 
are plenty to take their place.

two places to look at:
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Scams/Nigerian.shtml


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