I have very intelligent a woman friend who "met" a guy on an online dating site a year ago. They emailed and chatted (Internet and telephone) up a storm for a month or two. Then one day he needed $2000 to get home from, hmm, probably Nigeria. She'd been ever-so-slightly suspicious all along. Suddenly she knew very well why and didn't lose/waste another second/penny. Paul Bruesch <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:44 PM, <<a href="mailto:stuka@mindspring.com">stuka@mindspring.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> Actually, the FBI are interested in hearing from folks who have received "Nigerian Letter" scam emails. I don't recall the web page they wanted them forwaded to, but apparently they take htis seriously enough, and I guess there's folks out there gullible enough to fall for it... <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px;">-----Original Message----- From: Joseph Alkana Sent: May 21, 2008 8:57 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Fw: Urgent <div>Looks like our friend is in dire straights! Make sure enough of you send him cash so he doesn't have to worry about any extra expense getting back home...</div> <div>Joseph Alkana RPT</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </div> <div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div> -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Brady [mailto:<a href="mailto:stephenhbrady@hotmail.com" target="_blank">stephenhbrady@hotmail.com</a>] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 8:03 PM Subject: Urgent   Hi   I'm in a hurry writing this mail. I had a trip to Nigeria visiting the Tinapa opening ceremony. Unfortunately all my money has been stolen at the hotel where I stayed, by some armed robbers and since then I'v been without any money and I'm even owing money to the hotel here. So I have only access to my emails,my mobile phone can't work here so I didn't bother bringing it along.   Please can you lend me $2,500 so I can return back and settle the hotel bills I will return it back to you as soon as i get home.You can have it sent through western union.   I have already spoken to the hotel manager, please let me hear from you so i can collect his full name and address where you can send the money tomorrow please or if possible today. I am waiting for your reply   Thank you.     ________________________________   Windows Live SkyDrive lets you share files with faraway friends. Start sharing. <<a href="http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_skydrive_052008" target="_blank">http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_skydrive_052008</a>> </div></blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div>