On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:48:06 -0700, Vaughn Treude wrote: > Yeah, I also get about one a day of these things. How anyone could fall > for > one these days, especially after they've been doing it so long, is > beyond me. > This was the first one I ever saw though that wasn't full of RANDOM > CAPITALIZED PHRASES, The all caps thing is a throwback to manual typewriters. The original 419's were done by snail mail, and one of the most readily tracable features of a cylinder typewriter is the difference between caps and small caps. Using all caps greatly reduced the tracability of the letter to the machine. I know of real estate brokers that respond to these. -- --Alexander --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss