[73381] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Another scam from nigeria? -- Fwd: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael.Dillon@radianz.com)
Fri Aug 20 05:24:25 2004
In-Reply-To: <6cdc2eb4040819163335591687@mail.gmail.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Michael.Dillon@radianz.com
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:17:19 +0100
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Oh come on, what do they think we are some kind of super idiots?
> *dials phone number* Anyone happen to know the punishment for this
> kind of crime, so I can call his local police?
It's not from Nigeria!
> Please contact your claims agent immediately,to begin your claims
process;
>
> MR. TREVOR McCARTHY,
> CLAIMS DEPT. MANAGER,
> COMET FINANCE & INSURANCE LTD.
> FAX: +27 115076316
That is a phone number in Jo'burg, South Africa.
> THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
> EGOLI LOTTERY SA.
> #7 LE-ROUX AVE,
> ALBERTON, JHB.
> SOUTH AFRICA.
> Fax: +27826401382
And that is a cellphone number served up by Vodacom in
South Africa.
This is interesting because most of these fake lottery
winnings have directed people to call a cellphone in
the Netherlands. Now, they have shifted to South Africa,
a country that was once a Dutch colony and where many people
still speak a Dutch dialect called Afrikaans.
The South African Police Service has a page
http://www.saps.gov.za/faq/faq4.htm where you can report this.
By the way, it only took me about 5 minutes to identify
the phone numbers and find the SAPS info using Google.
--Michael Dillon
