Re:[Full-Disclosure] curious email

[Tom Koehler <tom.koehler@gmx.net>]

I see quite a lot of stuff like that coming at
our mail system. I believe its called the nigera
connection. The various storys have gained cult status
in germany (http://www.nigeria-connection.de sorry page in 
german). The last one I remember is from last week supposedly
coming from swizterland trying to get at some money sombody
owned how died in the Lockerby crash (quite tastless that).
Those are all schemes to get at your money
hth
tom

>I received a rather strange email today [08.15.03] at 12:44AM. I'll
>let the email speak for itself:
>http://www.osidan.com/tmp/curiosemail.html

>If anyone has any information regarding a scandal revolving around an
>email of this sort, please let me know. I believe I read an article or
>perhaps it was a past FD thread that discussed some sort of scandal
>resembling this scenario. I've not responded to this fellow, nor do I
>intend to, as the email surely seems to be a fake. Firstly, this
>person managed to track my email down but did not address me formally?
>He is a lawyer, so he says, and as such, he certainly should have used
>my name. Also, the email header seems somewhat strange. It's addressed
>to himself from himself. The only place the email address to which he
>was directing the email [my email address] was found was in the
>top-most Received information clause, where I have exchanged that
>particular email address with "my@email.address". Any information
>would be much appreciated.


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