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                               Nigeria Central

Man, it's Nigeria Central here. No sooner do I get yet another Nigerian
Special Offer [1] than I receive the following about Mr. Woo Chong [2]:

> **From:** XXXXXX <XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>
>  **To:** <[email protected]>
>  **Subject:** FW: PLEASE CONTACT ATTORNEY
>  **Date:** Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:26:30 +0800
>
>
> Dear “Captain” Conner,
>
> Perhaps you would enjoy some further comedy from Mr. Woo. I received the
> same “scam” letter … But, having no previous experience with such types of
> “unusual offer,” and being as I actually bank with China Trust, I replied
> with some remarks roughly equivalent to what is contained in your posted
> commentary (minus the stuff about the Nigerian offers and the request for
> 50%). I was just curious as to how this letter found my email address, etc.
> Also I was hoping that whoever “Mr. Woo” is … He is someone completely
> unrelated to China Trust Bank that is just finding ways to amuse himself.
>
> In his reply, his command of English appears to be slipping; he claims to
> have tried a phone number I didn't give him and has misspelled my name. If
> he indeed is a member of China Trust and has access to my files, indeed my
> phone number would not have worked as I have moved; however, I find this
> unlikely. See below:
>
> > **From:** “woo chong” <[email protected]> [3]
> >  **Date:** Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:28:26 +0800
> >  **To:** <XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>
> >
> >
> > Subject: PLEASE CONTACT ATTORNEY
> >
> > PLEASE CALL MY ATTORNEY! DEAR XXXXXX, I MUST THANK YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE
> > TO MY MAILS, PATAINING THIS TRANSACTION,AND FOR SENDING YOUR TELEPHONE
> > NUMBER.I TRIED THE NUMBER, I HAD NO RESPONSE. I HAVE TO ALSO BRING TO
> > YOUR NOTICE THAT BECAUSE OF THE LOAD OF WORK HERE IN MY BANK, I HAVE
> > GIVEN MY ATTORNEY WHO IS IN LONDON, THE RIGHT TO CARRY ON WITH THE
> > TRANSACTION. HE HAS ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND INFOMATION REGARDS THIS
> > TRANSACTION. HERE IS HIS DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER:(447753262320), HIS NAME
> > IS MR WATTS. PLEASE TIME IS NO LONGER ON OUR SIDE, ENDEAVOUR TO CALL HIM
> > AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS MAIL. I WANT TO ALSO REMIND YOU ONCE AGAIN THAT
> > ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS UTMOST TRUST AND MAXIMUM SECRECY IN THE COURSE OF
> > CARRING OUT THIS TRANSACTION.I WANT TO BELEIVE THAT YOU ARE A GOD SENT,
> > AND WE WILL MEET WHEN THIS TRANSACTION IS OVER TO DISCUSS INVESTMENT
> > MODALITIES. ALWAYS GET BACK TO ME AFTER EACH CONVERSATION WITH MR
> > WATTS,MY ATTORNEY. LOOKING FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL AND PROSPEROUS
> > BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. REGARDS, CHONG. – Get your free email
> > from www.amrer.net Powered by Outblaze
> >
>

(and it's not helping matters that I'm the second result [4] for a Google [5]
search on “Woo Chong”)

If this keeps up, I'm going to have to write more about blogging … [6]

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/12/15.1
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/12/05.1
[3] mailto:[email protected]
[4] http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Woo+Chong&btnG=Google+Search
[5] http://www.google.com/
[6] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/10/09.3

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