> -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of David > P. Schwartz > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:20 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: FW: confidential business > > > I got one of the letters from Nigeria a couple of years ago. I > showed it to someone who laughed and laughed! A few weeks later, I was > visiting him and he handed me a big folder full of information on > the Nigerian letters and some copycats. > ---- Regardless of the particular scam - scam artists prey on people who are foolish enough to believe that they will get something for nothing (or next to nothing). The story is as old as time. PT Barnum certainly understood human nature. Craig