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Genius Twist on Nigerian Scams


From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:50:09 -0500 (CDT)

1. Phish an hotmail acount.
2. Send email from the stolen acount to all the friends listed for the person, saying you are stuck in Nigeria and are in an emergency, asking your friends for money to be wired.

http://www.rediff.com///news/2007/jul/16tps.htm

Hillarious!
(thanks Suresh)
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