ASSISTANCE FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS

[Owen Lewis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> [mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk]On Behalf Of Ben Laurie
> Sent: 30 July 2001 17:16
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: Re: ASSISTANCE FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS
>
>
> Q G Campbell wrote:
> >
> > [snip]

> Glad we've got that one cleared up - so my other question has always
> been: why Nigeria? The vast majority of them seem to come from there -
> what's so special about it?

Because so many emanate from there that it is known as the Nigerian Scam.
Why Nigeria? Possibly because of its popular international reputation for
'different' business ethics.
>
> I get a vast number of these (several a day some days) - do the NCIS
> actually want them?

Probably not - though they should be polite enough about it.

Firstly they're a national squad.

Secondly. a customer of mine who was being hit in a telephone scam for >
250K per year were advised by the Met to employ a private consultant. They
would not wish to be involved in any matter where the loss was less then
£1M. ISTR that the FBI has some similar rule.

Thirdly, what would you have them do? Send an Armed Response Team with a
spare chair leg or two just in case Junior should be found empty handed?

Owen