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   Message 26,484 of 27,972   
   nospam to Warren Oates   
   Re: [OT] More interesting Nigerian sparm   
   21 Apr 13 08:45:59   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.misc   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <5173d664$0$63737$c3e8da3$1e92ca22@news.astraweb.com>,   
   Warren Oates  wrote:   
      
   > I love this stuff. This one purports to come from the "Fedex Courier   
   > Serivce," and advises me that a package is waiting for me in Memphis,   
   > and that it contains a cheque for 4.5 million dollahs and I only have to   
   > send 80 dollahs so some guy in Nigeria to have it cleared.   
   >   
   > This is all standard Nigerian garbage, except that they provide a   
   > tracking number for Fedex, and if you plug the number into the   
   > (legitimate) Fedex tracking site, it seems to track a real package that   
   > was shipped from Lagos through the UK to Tennessee at the beginning of   
   > January.   
   >   
   > It _must_ be real -- Fedex have my package. Can anyone lend me eighty   
   > bucks? Come on, spare a dime for an old magha ...   
   >   
   > Tracking number is 800277347645 if you're interested.   
      
   do you live in charlotte, nc? if not, that package isn't for you!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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