| Judanne 2006-07-09, 4:28 pm |
| Hi Paul,
It was really meant as a rhetorical question. There's no way it could work.
Judanne
"Paul Bartram" <p.bartram AT OR NEAR optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:44adbfab$0$20023$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
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> "Judanne" <judanne@westnet.com.au> wrote
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>
> I don't think we need worry about that part of it.
>
> A quick Google of the main details in the original header show that this
> email has been bouncing around bulletin boards and forums for a month or
> so.
> It has not appeared in the media, which you'd expect if it was genuine.
> There is no mention of the 'well known business man' other than in
> instances
> of the email. While the hospital mentioned is genuine and does have a
> haemodialysis unit, there is no mention of renal transplants ever being
> done
> there.
>
> So, just another con - I'll bet respondents will be asked for 'a small
> amount to cover immediate expenses' just like the Nigerian money
> launderers
> do.
>
> Sad that these grubs target desperate people, but it gave me something to
> do
> for half an hour on a quiet morning!
>
> Paul
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