Re: Hoax..

[Dan Egli <dan@shortcircuit.dyndns.org>]

Joel Newkirk wrote:

>On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 12:26, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
>  
>
>>On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 09:07:28 -0400, 
>>"Kevin Smith" <ksmith@perfht.com> wrote in message 
>><NGBBLGFEALDADHNDAAFFCEIKDJAA.ksmith@perfht.com>:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>>>UNION TOGOLAISE DE BANQUE LOME TOGO,
>>>>>LOME-TOGO.
>>>>>STRICTLY AND CONFIDENTIAL,
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>The Hint this this is a hoax..(I mean to a mailing list?)
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>..this went to and __thru__ the netfilter list ?????????
>>I thought is was only my ~/.procmailrc having a hickup.
>>    
>>
>
>Someone harvested the archives of this mailinglist for email addresses,
>and is sending various forms of these "Nigerian 419 scam" emails.  I use
>netfilter@newkirk.us for ONLY this mailinglist and associated
>conversations, and I get about one of these every 2-3 weeks now at that
>address.  
>
>They're mailing direct to the email addresses found in the archive.  I
>forward them to the Secret Service, who collect these in the US.
>
>My latest was two days ago:
>
>  
>
>>From: SAMSON GUEI <samsonguei@redffmail.com>
>>To: netfilter@newkirk.us
>>Subject: CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT
>>Date: 22 Apr 2003 12:06:48 +0200
>>
>>FROM:MR,Samson Guei. 
>> 
>>DEAR SIR, ATTN:THE PRESIDENT/CEO. 
>> 
>>I AM MR,Samson GUEI, THE SON OF LATE GENERAL ROBERT GUEI 
>>EX-MILITARY HEAD OF STATE OF IVORY COAST, WHO WAS MURDERED ALONG 
>>WITH THE INTERIOR MINISTER ON THE 19th OF SEPTEMBER 2002
>>    
>>
>
>j
>
>
>
>  
>
I was wondering why I never saw this :> I use a whitelist system (TMDA) 
to block this type of junk. It was probably sent to me,  and my tmda 
caught it and I deleted it out of hand w/o seeing more than the header. :>

--- Dan