Re: 6 postings today -- *all* spam

[Viktor Haag]

pot@gnu.org (Francesco Potorti`) writes:

>    Incidentally, can anybody explain to me what scam all these
>    ostensible corrupt Nigerian officials are up to?
>    
> It's an ordinary scam, a very old and apparently successful
> one, in one of its many incarnations.

It even has a name -- The Spanish Prisoner -- at least, according
to David Mamet. 8-)

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