The FBI unit working these cases will be happy to confirm most do originate in Africa even if the money ultimately ends up elsewhere. http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm#nigerian Best regards, ______________________________ Al Rowland -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of fingers Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:00 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Networking in Africa...
There seem to be a lot of ISPs who get little slices of IP from satellite carriers like emperion.net in Denmark. Much of the 419 spam
I get from Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and other west African countries originates in cybercafes with satellite links.
i don't know if I've ever actually received 1 of those spam messages from a host inside Nigeria