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RE: Spam Kills
From: "William Lefkovics" <william () emailonastick com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:10:52 -0700
I find atheists very religious, but I agree would probably not fall for this angle as frequently. -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Drsolly Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:18 AM To: Richard M. Smith Cc: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: Re: [funsec] Spam Kills We've all seen this religious-angle spam; I imagine that religious people are more gullible than non-religious, on the average. It would be interested to test that hypothesis. You'd take a bunch of regular church-goers, and a bunch of atheists, and find some aburd impossible proposition, and see how many of each group you could convince of it. On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Richard M. Smith wrote:
http://www.theregister.com/2007/04/10/nigerian_murder_trial/ Trial in 419-related murder under way Nigerian scam claims another life By Dan Goodin in San Francisco Published Tuesday 10th April 2007 19:21 GMT Nigerian 419 scams have bilked untold billions of dollars from people who have more hope than sense. A trial underway in the US will detail how one scheme claimed the life of a Tennessee minister whose wife is accused of gunning him down after it came to light she fell victim to Nigerian-style swindlers. Mary Carol Winkler, who according to news accounts is 33, stands accused of first degree murder. Her husband, Matthew, was found dead of a single wound from a 12-gauge shotgun blast suffered while he lay sleeping. Earlier in the evening, the two had argued about the dire state of their family finances, according to news reports from the
Associated Press and other outlets.
A day before the murder, the Winklers' bank notified them they had fallen prey to an advance fee fraud in which she deposited $17,500 in fraudulent checks into family accounts. Prosecutors say Mary was at fault
in the scam.
She likely fell victim to a variety of the scam that uses religious angles to gain a victim's confidence. (Attorneys for Mary say Matthew was aware of the deposited checks and say their client is not guilty. They have stressed the couple's argument involved other disagreements as well.) Additionally, Mary is reported to have had a weakness for online
gambling.
Such scams are frequently dubbed Nigerian or 419 because they are said to have originated in that country, where article 419 of the Nigerian criminal code prohibits such activities. Since the early 1990s, criminals in many other countries have adopted the technique.
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