Hi,

I first came into contact with this scam in 1995, when I received a cryptic letter from Nigeria, begging my help in freeing some money for a family being targetted politically. I must admit it had me spooked. I checked around the internet and found a web site for the Justice Department which explained that this was a known scam.

Seems this scam has been sort of a cottage industry originating in Nigeria. Who knows how it started. Maybe some teen tried it, then told two friends and they told two friends. By now, lots of scam artists are giving it a shot.

It isn't run by any one person. I've received this thing by email several times since then. The locale changes and the circumstances change. The one constant is I'm always asked to please give them my bank account number so they can make a huge deposit into my account.

I saw some figures that indicated at lease a few thousand people in the USA have fallen for this and had their accounts wiped out.

Now, I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale....

Rich