This is getting so much worse. Zillions of mails from Nigeria [in particular], promising free money, all clearly scams by the local gangsters.<\/p>\n
But, not engaging with these chaps is not enough. The volume of them is simply getting oppressive. It amounts to a ‘denial of service’. Bloody hooligans!<\/p>\n
I tried writing a simple request for info, from the Nigerian High Commission. No courtesy of a reply of course, but though I would try the correct way of complaint before I go to stage two \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I’ve just sent the first batch of several hundred spam mails, sent to me, forwarded on to them. Just me doing this, wont change much, but if all gave it a go .. .. .. I imagine they’ll get cross.<\/p>\n
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Nigerian High Commissioner<\/p>\n
London<\/p>\n
UK.<\/p>\n
chancery@nigeriahighcommissionuk.com<\/a><\/p>\n Subj: spam mail from Nigeria<\/p>\n Sir<\/p>\n As you may know, span [unsolicited email] is an international problem, and needs to be dealt with by international treaties, to most effective.<\/p>\n Like everyone else, I get my fair share.<\/p>\n However, over this last year, over 90% of such mail, arriving in my mail box, is from people in Nigeria, asking me to engage in non-existent business proposals. They usual involve the laundering of ex-presidents money etc.<\/p>\n To have your country so over represented in this annoying practice, may perhaps be considered my many, to be indicative of a lack of care, by your government, in its business reputation.<\/p>\n I guess there are millions of us in this situation, but as time goes by, the volume is increasing. You may gather, so is the annoyance of those receiving all this.<\/p>\n I don’t suppose that there is an easy answer, but I would ask what, if anything at all, is being done to deal with the situation.<\/p>\n I know little of your country, but, I think you’ll agree that your reputation international is being harmed by this plague.<\/p>\n I have many contacts in the UK, both friends and business, and ALL report the same situation, so it is not as if I am just an unlucky recipient. The police also say the same.<\/p>\n A simple request to you for information. What is being done?<\/p>\n If you doubt the volume of the problem I report to you, perhaps I may start to forward examples, to so demonstrate, rather than just delete by the hundred, as I currently do.<\/p>\n I trust I may hear from you shortly.<\/p>\n Very best<\/p>\n Alan Lodge<\/p>\n * * * * * *<\/p>\n Nigerian Emails africanscam.co.uk http:\/\/www.africanscam.co.uk <\/a>and ….<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.ebolamonkeyman.com<\/a> further, http:\/\/www.met.police.uk\/fraudalert\/419.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is getting so much worse. Zillions of mails from Nigeria [in particular], promising free money, all clearly scams by the local gangsters. But, not engaging with these chaps is not enough. The volume of them is simply getting oppressive. … Continue reading