[53902] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Networking in Africa...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Al Rowland)
Mon Dec 2 17:14:48 2002
From: "Al Rowland" <alan_r1@corp.earthlink.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 14:11:28 -0800
In-Reply-To: <20021202235855.G369-100000@snow.fingers.co.za>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
The FBI unit working these cases will be happy to confirm most do
originate in Africa even if the money ultimately ends up elsewhere.
http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm#nigerian
Best regards,
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Al Rowland
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From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of
fingers
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:00 PM
To: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: Networking in Africa...
> There seem to be a lot of ISPs who get little slices of IP from
> satellite carriers like emperion.net in Denmark. Much of the 419 spam
> I get from Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and other west African
> countries originates in cybercafes with satellite links.
i don't know if I've ever actually received 1 of those spam messages
from a host inside Nigeria
