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Check with FAQ
if you don't know what to do about these scams
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Link to this
site -- www.419scams.com --
Link to this site
Courtesy of The Freeman
Institute
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------- WHAT CAN BE DONE
ABOUT 419 SCAM ARTISTS? -------
Not much. We don't want to sound fatalistic, but the
reality is that the scam artists hide behind untraceable email
addresses, sending their scam letters from pay-by-the-hour Internet
Cafes. The governments of Africa are generally in a survival mode,
with little interest in dealing with some Internet scam artist in a
local village. There are always bigger fish to fry.
Plus we have actually talked with West African
government and business officials about their perception of these
419 scams. They have expressed amazement that anyone could be fooled
by the empty promises contained in emails from a stranger in
Africa. In their eyes, the culpability goes both ways. "Who
could be such a fool to give money to someone they have never
met?" This is a valid question for all of us to ponder...
What we have done at The Freeman Institute is to
provide a free service to warn individuals who may be flirting with the
idea of great wealth coming their way. Our motto is: Run, don't
walk, away from these scams and then do what you can to warn people
about this pervasive problem. Feel free to provide a link to www.freemaninstitute.com/419.htm
-- so that more people can see the truth about these 419 scams.
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For hard numbers, the Australian
Institute of Criminology article and the US Dept. of State pub.
10465 will prepare you better than this site will. Really good
backgrounders. From these you will get an idea of the scope of this
scam. There are already inter-governmental relationships established
over this issue.
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