[Hoot Gibson]

I actually had one of those type guys try to scam me once when I was trying to sell a motorcycle on the net. He wanted to write me a check for the bike, and another 9k dollar check for shipping, which he wanted wired to a "shipping" company. nicker:

I don't use a spam filter on one of my email accounts and I have seen every kind of phishing and Nigerian-type scams out there. They contact millions of people and it only takes a few suckers to make it worth their while. My favorite is the Nigerian black money scam, which predates computers.

Supposedly, a trunk full of American money is to be dyed black and smuggled out of the country. They just need money to bribe customs agents, etc. If they get the mark to meet them in the U.S., they demonstrate the solution that will remove the dye on a few bills in the trunk. The catch is, the dye is very expensive, and by the time a victim reaches that point, they believe that they have already violated American and Nigerian laws and they are too embarrassed to admit that they fell for such a lame scheme. I am sure that many people have bought a big bottle of money cleaner only to find out that the trunk is full of worthless strips of black paper.

Good night, RV. I was at my desk at 6 AM the past few days and it has been a long week.