Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad , internet scams and spam

I generally reply to them with a really nasty racial name. Interestingly,
some of them take that as a sign of interest and try to set me up!
>From the Law Enforcement bulletins I have read, most of the "smuggle" scams
seem to originate in Nigeria.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <fidel@webcoast2coast.net>
To: "thinkpad list" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 4:12 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad , internet scams and spam

> While we [I] are/am tip toeing around "OT" things, While using my
> thinkpad, with OR with out windows, I get a lot of spam, scams and
> hacker entry issues.
>
> There are laws [in the US any way] about spam and scams AND computer
> hacking. "BUT!!!" is there a web site or better yet an email addy to
> send reports/complaints of/about all the spam,scams and hackers on/in my
> thinkpad? [There, I said thinkpad again, Oh, and again!]
>
> What brings this up is again to day my fire wall stopped a ""SYN" port
> scan attack". I back traced it over 17 hops to an IP [213.180.193.68]
> assigned to Ivanov Vladimir [why are they "always" Ivan or Vladimir?] at
> WAWA@yandex-team.ru.
> I sent him an email telling him what my fire wall reported and ask if he
> knew anything about it. So what???? Am I going to go to Russia. track
> him down, [I have his address] and unplug his modem?????
>
> Is there SOMEBODY that receives email reports about Computer hackers,
> spams and scams?
>
> And about scams, you should see the list of fools that try to get me to
> help them smuggle from 10 to 40 million bucks (US) out of Africa. There
> is ALWAYS a catch that requires ME to send them money, a LOT of money to
> get it out of "storage", "customs" or what ever. one I have been keeping
> one fool from "London" on the string for 7 weeks!!! One "Lady" from
> "Africa" tried to get me to send her money to "setup A bank account in
> MY name" to receive the funds for her, Hey, I got to keep 20% of 30
> million just to help her!!!!!
> She got mad when I would not send her 150 bucks to buy a cell phone so
> we could "talk" in privet. I told her that was a lot of money just for a
> phone. She told me they were very costly there! I offered to send her
> one of my MANY old ones lying around here for free!!! She has not
> talked to me for over a month!!! Gee, does this mean we are not friends
> any more?
>
> Ron.
>
>
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