On 23 Apr 2003 13:02:33 -0400, Joel Newkirk <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message <1051117353.25368.12.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 12:26, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 09:07:28 -0400, > > "Kevin Smith" <ksmith@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > > <NGBBLGFEALDADHNDAAFFCEIKDJAA.ksmith@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > > > > >>UNION TOGOLAISE DE BANQUE LOME TOGO, > > > >>LOME-TOGO. > > > >>STRICTLY AND CONFIDENTIAL, > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > The Hint this this is a hoax..(I mean to a mailing list?) > > > > ..this went to and __thru__ the netfilter list ????????? > > I thought is was only my ~/.procmailrc having a hickup. > > Someone harvested the archives of this mailinglist for email > addresses, and is sending various forms of these "Nigerian 419 scam" ..the Africans should make the Nigerians ban this idiocy, it hurts everybodys business, I mean filtering on "business" and all African country names, as most people end up doing, will deny _all_ African businesses, _any_ fair business online, because of this Nigerian "419" criminal idiocy and vice versa. ..face it, with Nigerian "419", who needs racism? ;-) > emails. I use netfilter@xxxxxxxxxx for ONLY this mailinglist and > associated conversations, and I get about one of these every 2-3 weeks > now at that address. > > They're mailing direct to the email addresses found in the archive. ..ah. Gentlemen, mod your ~/.procmailrc to only accept posts from netfilter-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Next step would be GPG signatures and autoforward anything that fails, to the Law. > I forward them to the Secret Service, who collect these in the US. ..automagically? ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
