> In article , TELECOM Digest
>> Editor noted in response to a message from Valentin
>> :
>>> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I thought about this message for quite
>>> awhile, and although it would probably qualify as spam (by virtue of
>>> how many copies were distributed, I personally do not think it is a >>> scam.
>> It's spam.
>> Spam is theft.
>> Therefore, it's a scam.
>> If he's so hard up, where did he get the resources to spam with?
>> Wasn't there just a thread on why spam continues, because so many
>> idiots send money to spammers? Some are suckers for bigger bodyparts,
>> others for free money, others for helping the needy. All of those are
>> reasons that spam continues.
>> Seth
> It may be spam. It may even be a scam. Or it may be genuine. If
> it's genuine, then we -- the recipients -- are in a position to help
> soneone in genuine need. If it's a scam, then we may end up a little
> poorer, and the scammer a little richer, but on balance, does it
> matter? It's hardly in the same league as the Nigerian scam (and
> anyone who falls for that needs their brains tested), so isn't it
> worth risking losing a few rubles /kopeks/whatever ? I think it is.
> Philip Taylor
Most if not all of the Nigerian scams have moved to the East European countries like Russia and Romania, and those people are really nasty, I let loose on one with some nasty language and got a threat back from them before Yahoo France pulled the plug on the e-mail address.
The only good spammer is a dead one!! Have you hunted one down today? (c) 2005 I Kill Spammers, Inc. A Rot in Hell Co.