Excellent resources here Erik! I wouldn't doubt for a minute that the Nigerian government is involved in the whole thing. I got my info directly from an FBI agent, and he didn't go into details as to who exactly, was under investigation by the CIA. Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Mattheis" <gozz at gozz.com> To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [thelist] BUSINESS PROPOSAL > I seem to get a version of this once a week or so. I spent a few > hours reading about it a few months ago - apparently the Nigerian > government is in on the scam, which allegedly accounts for something > like 20% of the country's GNP or something crazy > > http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm > http://www.quatloos.com/scams/nigerian.htm > Google search: > http://www.google.com/search?hl=xxx-bork&q=nigerian+scam > > Many versions: > http://www.quatloos.com/cm-niger/cm-niger.htm