Robin, I was using scam letters as teaching materials (cf. for instance, A
Modest Proposal), but have lost track a bit lately. I've seen some very
funny, extended dialogues arising from these scams. Not sure if this site
has the nuts:
http://www.geocities.com/a_kerenx/
Since I'd imagined that the scammers were smart guys, I couldn't believe the
way they'd rise to the bait. The object of the game is to turn tables and
get the scammers to pay your 'expenses' to travel in order to carry out
their instructions.
This one is a more strait-laced resource:
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
Happy baiting
P
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to
> poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Robin Hamilton
> Sent: 15 April 2005 14:43
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fw: YOU WILL SEE PROOF
>
> I don't often play games with people running The Nigerian
> Scam (you could waste your life), but I couldn't resist this.
>
> Robin
>
> > Dear Ahmed Baha:
> >
> > > SINCE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IN EGYPT FEW YEARS AGO ON
> HOLIDAYS WITH HIS
> > > FAMILY MEMBERS, ALL EFFORTS TO TRACE HIS NEXT OF KIN
> PROVED ABORTIVE
> >
> > This is deeply sad -- did the late Packer Tories' entire
> family expire
> with
> > him?
> >
> > Curiously yours,
> >
> > Robin Hamilton
>
>
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