[syndicate] A CRY FOR HELP

[Alan Sondheim]

This is one of the oldest spams, started with various names at least a
decade ago in snailmail, moved onto the net, usually targets corporate
managerial class, has been spreading.

Alan

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, anna balint wrote:

> 1/24/02 3:54:55 AM, "Tijani Yusuf" <tijani_y2002 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >A CRY FOR HELP.
> >
> good spam. there is everything to move the people:
> faraway country, where everything is possible
> call for help - can anybody refuse a widow?
> personalised, concrete - Tijani Yusuf
> money - do you need some?
> vague email address
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>
> what can be the goal of such a mail? a fax and phone number collection?
> data for somebody? fun?
> would wish there were spam specialists on the list.
> greetings,
> anna
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