The Linux Launderette
Very short 419 scam
Mike Orr [sluggoster at gmail.com]
Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:04:02 -0800
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From: Jubouri Omar <solveig.skold2@comhem.se> Date: Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 6:43 AMSubject:
To: undisclosed-recipients
I want to move my family out of Iraq due to violence and I want to transfer $12,500,000 to you.reply
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How nice and concise and to the point. I wish all scams were like that. But that last word is rude. Just "reply". Not "Please reply" or "Hoping to God I will hear from you soon", but just an order: "Reply!"
-- Mike Orr <sluggoster@gmail.com>
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In honor of Jimmy. . .
Kat Tanaka Okopnik [kat at linuxgazette.net]
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:50:12 -0800
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899171.stm
The mystery of Ireland's worst driver
Perhaps the Irish police need to have our Jimmy O'Regan and his translating compatriots on the payroll!
-- Kat Tanaka Okopnik Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor kat@linuxgazette.net
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