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419ers Diversify Into Assassination Threats?

Posted by simoniker on from the nice dept.

Richardsonke1 writes "Just when you thought 419ers couldn't get any worse, now they are sending death threats, according to a story at The Register. The emails require you to 'produce a mandatory sum of US$40,000.00 {FOURTHY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS} only,into our account given below in nigeria within ninety six hours{96},alternatively you will be SNIPPED and GUNNED down during the period of our oncoming anniversary of fifty years.' All joking of 'snipping' aside, for those people who fall for regular 419 emails, this would terrify many gullible web users."

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  1. Re:Stephen King dead today... by dhakbar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Excellent fp. Congratulations to you.

  2. The best said about this, the better... by Thud457 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Jim Bell says 'hi'!

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  3. Re:insanity. by Slightly+Askew · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Randy, get that finger out of your nose, you don't know where it's been. Sitting there in your scooby doo pajamas rooting around in your nose like that...you should be ashamed.

    Also, please move your Camry. it is blocking my view of your third story apartment.

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  4. Re:Well then... by hesiod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > Except oil...

    It's funny that hte post immediately before yours points out that they DO, in fact, have oil.

  5. I've already been snipped. by GomezAdams · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Circumcised against my wishes at the tender young age of 1 day that is. I never had a chance to explain that I would not join the Jewish or Islamic religions that require infant sacrifices of the foreskin, or join up with any culture that did the same to 12 year olds. I'm not anti Jewish but I got a very large charge from watching the Jewish pediatrician's face when I explained that my son would not be circumsized. He almost had a stroke and raged that the lad would suffer from malformed genitals unless he was allowed to take the knife to him.

    I wonder if Nigeria is one of the countries that still practice circumcision and they do indeed mean snipped. Ouch!

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