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	Spam (electronic) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although spam is merely an extension of mass communications through the ages, some have argued that spam is different because the costs, unlike with traditional methods, are borne disproportionately by the recipient and not by the sender.
		Spam is analogous to junk fax advertising, which also requires the recipient to carry the brunt of the cost.
		Spam is frequently used to advertise scams, such as diploma mills, advance fee fraud, pyramid schemes, stock pump-and-dump schemes, and phishing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spamming (5266 words)

	Advance fee fraud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Originally, the schemers contacted mainly heads of companies and church officials, however, the use of e-mail spam and instant messaging for the initial contacts has led to many private citizens also being targeted, as the cost to the scammers to make initial contact is much lower.
		The spam is almost always sent via free webmail services such as Hotmail or very occasionally with paid services, often paid for with credit card details stolen from former victims.
		419 guestbook spam is a type of spam in which Nigerian 419 scammers attempt to mark their "guestbook turf." The "lads", as the scammers are sometimes referred to, apparently depend in large part upon guestbook entries to harvest usable email addresses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Advance_fee_fraud (2681 words)

	ipedia.com: Spamming Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Spam is also used to promote scams such as pyramid schemes, stock pump-and-dump schemes, and the Nigerian money transfer fraud (419 fraud).
		Spam is frequently used to advertise scams, such as the well-known advance fee fraud and password phishing.
		E-mail spam is a true tragedy of the commons, where a small number of non-cooperators force costs in a system which would have extremely low costs in a community of co-operators.
	www.ipedia.com /spamming.html (3673 words)

	Encyclopedia: Nigerian 419 spam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		They have been ongoing since at least 1989, and are carried out through the mail, fax and increasingly through e-mail spam.
		Many critics belive that the scam was first devised by Nigerian petroleum companies and criminal gangs in the 1970's or 1980's.
		Another example of a Nigerian scam email can be seen on the CIAC Hoaxbusters web site (http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBScams.shtml#nigerian419), run by the United States Department of Energy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nigerian-419-spam (1668 words)

	Nigerian 4-1-9 Scam
		The Nigerian National Petroleum Company is desirous of oil exploration in other parts of the world, however, because of certain regulations of the Nigerian Government, it is unable to move these funds to another region.
		What happens is that the particular Nigerians running this scam on any given day may not have the best command of the English language, so they hire someone to write the initial scam letter for them.
		The Nigerian scam is so popular that there are now various private and public groups which regularly fight the scam.
	www.quatloos.com /scams/nigerian.htm (1452 words)

	NIGERIAN 419 SCAM EMAIL FRAUD NIGERIA HOAX STOP SPAM SPAMMER ANTISPAM SPAMMERS DESPAM UNSOLICITED JUNK MAIL
		Spam is an Unsolicited "junk" e-mail sent to large numbers of people to promote products or services.
		Spam also refers to inappropriate and off-topic promotional or commercial postings to discussion groups, bulletin boards, or weblogging sites often referred to as "blogs".
		Spammers tend to gather together in what are called "spam gangs" and move from one Internet Service Provider to the next.Spammers are not adverse to breaking the law either.
	www.nigerianspam.com (668 words)

	My Favorite Nigerians
		There are those who would criticize Nigerian spam, but they are wrong, dim naysayers who wouldn't know a good thing or high art if it slapped them ion the butt.
		Nigerian spam, ultimately, is the essential art form of the early 21st century, and it is a work of both beauty and practicality.
		There are those who would criticize Nigerian spam, but they are wrong, dim naysayers who wouldn't know a good thing or high art if it slapped them on the butt.
	nigerians.blogspot.com (4516 words)

	Spam
		The first commercial spam sent intentionally was that of a DEC representative to every Arpanet address on the west coast, or at least an attempt at that.
		Even the Nigerian government, annoyed as they were with this very negative publicity, started to check on the originators, opening a special e-mail address, created pages on their embassy sites, and tried to capture them.
		And as you can see here the organization sending the spam formally does not reside in the USA but in Uruguay and thus can not be punished for spamming by the US law for sending spam to whoever is in his database.
	www.thocp.net /reference/internet/spam.htm (5126 words)

	Wired News: Meet the Nigerian E-Mail Grifters
		But sources close to some of the so-called Nigerian e-mail scam's perpetrators insist that those overwrought messages fuel a thriving industry, employing thousands of people around the world who successfully manage to extract money from a multitude of Internet pen pals.
		A Nigerian student who asked to be identified only as "Taiwo" (the twin), detailed the workings of the business, which he said his family has been involved in for over 15 years.
		Nigerians, too, are the victims of these crimes," Taiwo said.
	www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,53818,00.html (877 words)

	Nigerian Scam
		The Nigerian Advance Fee Scheme (also known internationally as "4-1-9" fraud after the section of the Nigerian penal code which addresses fraud schemes) is generally targeted at small and medium sized businesses, as well as charities.
		In the letter, a Nigerian claiming to be a senior civil servant will inform the recipient that he is seeking a reputable foreign company into whose account he can deposit funds ranging from $10-$60 million which the Nigerian government overpaid on some procurement contract.
		Because it is a serious offense in Nigeria to enter without a valid visa, the victim's illegal entry may be used by the scam artists as leverage to coerce the victims into releasing funds.
	www.scambusters.org /NigerianFee.html (991 words)

	Quatloos! Nigerian 4-1-9 Scam: Nigerian Scam Letter Gallery
		Spoofing the Nigerian Scammers This is a forum for people who have picked up Brad's lead and have started correspondence with 4-1-9 scammers of their own.
		Fortunately, our ISP now recognizes that these fake spams are bogus and ignores them, and additionally we are duplicating this site on numerous other servers (including "hardened" servers as well as our own proprietary servers) so that we cannot be harmed by these multi-level marketers and other criminals.
		John Okon Letter – Those wacky Nigerians are at it again: Bank Manager needs stand in for dead man’s long lost family to collect 30% of $75 million.
	www.quatloos.com /cm-niger/nigerian_scam_letter_museum.htm (4142 words)

	Nigerian Spam Email Fraud
		Nigerian email fraud is a type of "advance fee" fraud, with an associated possibility of identity theft.
		In order to make these spam emails seem more real, the scammers will use the names of real people, including lawyers, priests, former heads of state and politicians, as well as a wide assortment of fake names.
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	www.expertlaw.com /library/consumer/spam_email_fraud2.html (1447 words)

	Spamradio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Spam from the offices of the corporate elite
		Spamradio is serving up delicious helpings of spam each hour of every day to all who are hungry.
		Using a complex arrangement of pipes and funnels we turn the junk mail that we receive into a streaming audio broadcast that can be enjoyed from anywhere on the Internet.
	www.spamradio.com (123 words)

	You can imagine where it goes from here. » Blog Archive » Nigerian spam mutates again
		The US Secret Service has designated the so-called ‘Nigerian scam,’ in which the sender offers to pass on windfall sums of money if a percentage payment is made in advance, as an ‘epidemic,’ defrauding people of hundreds of millions of dollars per year,” said The Age.
		Spam Karma 2 has sent 1833 comments to hell and 51 comments to purgatory.
		The total spam karma of this blog is -752.
	www.kgarner.com /blog/archives/2004/07/19/nigerian-spam (493 words)

	Wired News: Nigeria Hoax Spawns Copycats
		But if recent tallies of spam complaints are any indication, perpetrators of the well-known fraud are changing their tactics.
		Perhaps the most common variant on the Nigerian scam is a look-a-like letter purporting to be from a deposed leader of another African nation.
		Police collared two Nigerian men in Roodepoort, South Africa, who are believed to be behind one of the larger 4-1-9 operations.
	www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,53115,00.html (989 words)

	Security Library :: Anti Spam
		Spam is costing $8.9 billion to U.S. corporations, $2.5 billion for European businesses and another $500 million for U.S. and European service providers.
		This white paper will show you why you receive spam in the first place, how spammers operate and measures that can be taken to limit and reduce the volume of spam that is received.
		The objective isn't to teach you how to fight spam (there are many far superior documents that do just this), but rather to introduce some of the techniques you can use and refer you to some more detailed works.
	www.secinf.net /anti_spam/The_Nigerian_Spam_Scam_Exposed.html (1154 words)

	Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The scam even though of international scope but because of alleged "preponderance" of Nigerian perpetrators have come to be associated with the country and has negatively imparted on government efforts to attract investment into the country.
		The mode of operations involve the contact of an individual or organization with an obviously irregular, illegal and frivolous business proposals many of which are in contravention of Nigerian and American laws as well as modes of transactions across international borders.
		In other instances the collaborators (victims) are awarded mouth-watering (too good to be true) fake contract for lifting of crude oil or laying of pipelines, in all cases with fabulously great profit margins.
	www.nigeriaembassyusa.org /419statement.shtml (1100 words)

	Nigerian Spam Scam Contest
		And the one major rule was no duplicate spams; they had to be from unique e-mail addresses, so that if you received the same spam 8 times, you could only count it once.
		The complete results of the previous 2002 contests can be found on a separate page, and the complete results of the first contest of 2003 can be found on their page.
		If you have an interesting spam you think I might be interested in, feel free to post it in the Spam Forum or to send it to me for inclusion in the Spamfight section (although you will need to use "Spamfight" as the subject to get past my spam filter).
	www.rantsinyourpants.com /spam_scam_contest.htm (606 words)

	DARK NIGHT SERIES 2004 - Urgent & Confidential: Dean Cameron's Nigerian Spam Scam Scam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After receiving spam EMail from Nigeria, Dean Cameron assumed the identity of a sexually confused Florida millionaire, whose only companions were his houseboy and cats, and began a nine month correspondence with the scammer.
		It's the type of time-sapping spam every inbox endures: the plea from the relatives of some recently dead Nigerian bigwig, wanting to smuggle millions out of the country with your help, and promising you a sizeable commission in return.
		Using the word “spam” for junk mail was inspired by a Monty Python sketch in which the word was repeated ad nauseam.
	www.sacredfools.org /DarkNights/04/SpamScam (6815 words)

	Nigerian Scam Spam Emails - revised!
		Grade school scam: original parody Thanks to a spam from "MR.JOHN UZUOKA" for this one.
		Stupid scam: original parody I almost thought the original was a parody, but I'll rip anything apart.
		Remember - we report spamming scammers to the Treasury Department agents AND the ISP - then we
	home.onemain.com /~nospamtoday/nigerianscam.htm (268 words)

	John & Belle Have A Blog: The Confidence Man: His Masquerade
		The problem is not the identity of the spam's author and recipient: they effectively ARE the same, the emailed subject effectively IS autonomous in the sense of obeying his/her OWN spam.
		The tale of the poor guy who got taken to the cleaners by the Nigerian spamsters is astonishing mostly because it wouldn't have occurred to me, anyway, that the senders were hoping for more than an impulsively fired-off check for a relatively small amount.
		Nigerian spam is very mysterious to me. But, then, I don't understand how Zizek is able to get himself published in top journals.
	examinedlife.typepad.com /johnbelle/2003/11/the_confidence_.html (1084 words)

	Edinburgh 2004: Urgent and Confidential: Dean Cameron's Nigerian Spam Scam Scam
		The breathless missives impishly tease with deliberately silly misspellings and creative stabs at the Nigerians' names indeed, he seems to think they are Mexican most the time.
		The Nigerians act as the perfect straight men to Cameron, sleazy international crime gangs not being known for their sense of humour.
		Occasionally the correspondence comes out of hyperspace, and the mix of bewilderment and frustration in the phone calls as they try to extract their money from a man more obsessed with his feline companions is a delight.
	www.chortle.co.uk /edfest2004/deancam.html (638 words)

	Anti Spam Filter for Outlook - Outlook Express and Servers - SPAMfighter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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	www.spamfighter.com (641 words)

	Omphalos: Nigerian spam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Nigerian spam -- I've noticed an increase in Nigerian spam recently.
		It's amazing that this Nigerian Scam has been going on since the 80s, and it's estimated to be one of the top 5 industries in Nigeria.
		They started off with letters, moved to fax when it became the thing, and now they're on spam.
	www.bennett.com /archives/000724.html (240 words)

	Fun with Nigerian spam
		Who hasn't received spam from someone claiming to be a deposed Nigerian prince, a disinherited Nigerian businessman, or some other type of stressed-out Nigerian who needs your money?
		Most people have gotten into the habit of simply hitting the "delete" button when they skim over the misspellings, broken English, and requests for thousands of dollars.
		When he received e-mail from someone claiming to be a Nigerian gubernatorial candidate named Chief (Dr.) David Ehizojie who needed money for his campaign, Udo replied to him enthusiastically.
	searchdomino.techtarget.com /originalContent/0,289142,sid4_gci927288,00.html (345 words)

	Nigerian spam scam fraudsters arrested - Government & Law - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
		Anybody who has received the infamous Nigerian money laundering email will be heartened to hear that 15 people have been arrested in association with the scam.
		The message, which purports to be a get-rich-quick scheme for anybody willing to help with the liberation of money from the Nigerian government, is among the most common scams plaguing email users.
		Typically the sender claims to be the manager of a bank account belonging to a millionaire ship's captain/politician/monarch or similar who has recently died, leaving no known heir.
	management.silicon.com /government/0,39024677,11035205,00.htm (485 words)

	Nigeria - The 419 Coalition Website
		The Nigerian Scam is, according to published reports, the Third to Fifth largest industry in Nigeria.
		Phonebusters is very interested in receiving copies of any 'new' versions of Nigerian letter schemes particularly those involving Canadian mailing addresses or telephone numbers.
		Basically, the UK has decentralized 419 reporting and does not want to hear from people unless there has been a loss or a UK bank account or phone number is given by the 419ers.
	home.rica.net /alphae/419coal (2340 words)

	Nigerian e-mail scam
		All I had to do is help him smuggle the cash out of the country using my bank account.
		This is the classic Nigerian web scam (419 Scam for US readers) that you will have heard about in the papers and television when they are short of news.
		Now most people see this as the con that it is and delete the mail.
	www.pagenumberone.co.uk /articles/scam.htm (550 words)

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