ASSISTANCE FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS

[Rodney Tillotson]

At 00:11 31/07/2001, Richard Clayton wrote:

 > [The reply document from NCIS] explains that it's really just a
 > stats gathering exercise - though there is a phone number to call
 > if you've been dim enough to lose money (or have had an extended
 > correspondence with the bad guys).

I send my reports to a nice man in the CCU. He doesn't even claim
they will count them ...

I understand that the anti-spam approach to 419 scams has some
effect. Apparently West African ISPs (notably GS Telecom) have
ways of tracing originators, sometimes even from cybercafes which
is where they often start. What money then changes hands and
whether the outcome delays or lessens the next attempt, I do not
know.

The scam must work or it wouldn't survive in the wild.

Rodney Tillotson, JANET-CERT
01235 822 255.