For those with some interest in the letters from Nigeria and elsewhere in
Africa asking if you wish to be the recipient of millions of dollars, Dave
Nunnallee did some research and reported this to me:

>Subsequently, I have discovered that the Nigerian scams are well known
>worldwide; indeed some sources claim that the scams generate the fifth
>largest source of income for the country of Nigeria. Others claim that
>the Nigerian government itself is the perpetrator of these scams. There
>are several web sites set up expressly to expose the Nigerian scams. A
>couple of them are listed below.
>419 Coalition web page: http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
>Gamma Investigative Research web page: http://www.priveye.com/Nigeria.htm

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 253-879-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 253-879-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416
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