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Re:419 scam: Purporting Paul Graham by iigs on Sunday October 26, 2008 @07:30PM (#344662)
Wow, that turns my internal notion of the profitability of this scam on its nose. I had no idea this was profitable enough to pay for postage.
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Re:419 scam: Purporting Paul Graham by pmjordan on Monday October 27, 2008 @06:28AM (#345011)
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. It was particularly odd, as it was mailed from the UK, and I live in Austria. I haven't quite figured out how they managed to get my address, I can only assume that they got it through the public business directory. (my home address is the same as the registered address of my freelance/consulting business, so I can't tell for certain) Why they'd mail me in English then (how do they know I speak it?) I have absolutely no idea.
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Re:419 scam: Purporting Paul Graham by crc5002 on Sunday October 26, 2008 @07:39PM (#344673)
Re. profitability, this older news might be of interest:

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22214192...

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