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Re: Nigerian letters

For the record, the FBI, IRS (money laundering division), and other U.S. government investigative agencies are well aware of the Nigerian scam as well as similar scams from other countries which pop up from time to time. According to the IRS's money laundering folks, however, the perpertrators are devilishly difficult to stop both vis-a-vis locating them and vis-a-vis successfully prosecuting them, given the international nature of the crime, when they are caught.

The best protection against them is strict obedience to the old saying "You don't get something for nothing."

Lina
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