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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  09:49:51     
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           	| But who would have thought that I would get it in private mail on the SFN site?  You got to be kidding me!!!!  Thanks fatu001 I have felt so neglected. 
 
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| If I knew then what I know now then I would know more now than I know.
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| Edited by - furshur on 08/29/2006  09:51:25
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| StarmanSFN Regular
 
  
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  09:59:23   [Permalink]     
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| Me to! 
 
 From the FAQ:
 
 quote:Using Private Messaging:
 ...Any misuse of this feature may result in the locking of your account so please do not use this service to spam or harrass other members.
 
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| furshurSFN Regular
 
  
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  10:03:03   [Permalink]     
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| Sending the scam on a skeptic web site??  What were they thinking??? 
 
 
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| If I knew then what I know now then I would know more now than I know.
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| H. HumbertSFN Die Hard
 
  
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  10:20:37   [Permalink]     
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| Yep, I got the same one. 
 
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| "A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
 
 "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
 
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| StarmanSFN Regular
 
  
Sweden1613 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  10:21:41   [Permalink]     
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| quote:Yipie!Originally posted by furshur
 
 Sending the scam on a skeptic web site??  What were they thinking???
 
 Easy money, how could we possibly lose?
 
 
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| "Any religion that makes a form of torture into an icon that they worship seems to me a pretty sick sort of religion quite honestly"
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Canada510 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  10:28:56   [Permalink]     
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| quote:Originally posted by Starman
 
 
 quote:Yipie!Originally posted by furshur
 
 Sending the scam on a skeptic web site??  What were they thinking???
 
 Easy money, how could we possibly loose?
 
 
 Even better than PIPs.
 
 This is Ivorian not Nigerian so it must be legit.
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 History is made by stupid people - The Arrogant Worms
 
 "The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism." - William Osler
 
 "Religion is the natural home of the psychopath" - Pat Condell
 
 "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter" - Thomas Jefferson
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| BigPapaSmurfSFN Die Hard
 
  
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  10:45:35   [Permalink]     
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| Yeah anyone who uses French for their county name cant be a liar. 
 
 quote:
 From: kone fatu
 Av.12 RD 16,Apt.39B, Triechville
 Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.
 PLEASE REPLY ME WITH THIS MY EMAIL ADDRESS (kone_fatu001@yahoo.fr)
 URGENT ASISTANCE
 Good day Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
 relationship with you I am Kone Fatu From Abidjan Cote
 d'ivoire, I wish to request for your urgent assistance in my investment plans
 in your base,I wish to invest in manufacturing and real estate
 management in your base,this is because I inheritated an important sum from my
 late father who died in recent political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire here.
 Before the death of my father he informed me near his hospital bed at
 chu- teaching hospital, that he has saved the total sum of
 ($10.700,000) Ten Million Seven houndred thousand united states dollars only, in
 one of the bank here in cote d Ivoire.
 This money was been deposited for my social security and for fruitful
 international investment.That is why I need you to keep this transaction
 highly confidential and trustworthy person who will assist me to
 receive this fund overseas for investment establishment purposeindurities and
 lucratives profitable ventures.
 Further directives and details about the deposit and on how to move
 the fund successfully into your private bank account in your country
 will be given to you as soon as I get your response,
 PLEASE REPLY ME WITH THIS MY EMAIL ADDRESS(kone_fatu001@yahoo.fr )
 
 Yours Faithfully.
 kone fatu
 
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| beskeptigalSFN Die Hard
 
  
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  12:13:47   [Permalink]     
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| We all got one. Sorry, Kil, I fwded mine to you before seeing this thread. |  
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USA614 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  12:24:44   [Permalink]       
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| quote:Originally posted by beskeptigal
 
 We all got one. Sorry, Kil, I fwded mine to you before seeing this thread.
 
 I didn't get one.
  I prefer to think it's because I am feared, but I expect it's because I don't get here as often as I should.  |  
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USA258 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  13:24:50   [Permalink]     
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| So how did we all get them? Mine came to my "private" email address. I didn't think SFN gave out our email addresses. Can anybody explain this? 
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| furshurSFN Regular
 
  
USA1536 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  13:42:15   [Permalink]     
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| It came from our newest member fatu001 - he joined and immediately started spaming us, didn't make a single post.  I would guess he is no longer a member. 
 
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USA258 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  13:53:10   [Permalink]     
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| quote:Originally posted by furshur
 
 It came from our newest member fatu001 - he joined and immediately started spaming us, didn't make a single post.  I would guess he is no longer a member.
 
 
 
 
 
 Yep. That would explain it! Thanks, furshur.
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| Dave W.Info Junkie
 
  
USA26034 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  14:03:01   [Permalink]       
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| quote:If you've opted to let other SFN members send you emails (and I can see that you have), they won't know what your email address is, but they can still send you emails through our servers.  Messages sent in this fashion will begin:Originally posted by McQ
 
 So how did we all get them? Mine came to my "private" email address. I didn't think SFN gave out our email addresses. Can anybody explain this?
 
 Hello [YourName]fatu001 sent me the same email seven times, and also sent it twice to my wife.  All sent from the SFN.
 You received the following message from: fatu001 (kone_fatu001@yahoo.fr)
 
 At: http://www.skepticfriends.org/forum/
 
 She is now banned.
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 Why not question something for a change?
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USA2998 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  14:08:47   [Permalink]       
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| quote:She is now banned.
 
 
 You banned your own wife?!?
  
 I got one too.  I now feel special, like a unique snowflake.
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| Paulnib68New Member
 
  
USA28 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/29/2006 :  14:30:02   [Permalink]         
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| Aint been here in at least a year, and I got it too. 
 Hello Paulnib68
 
 You received the following message from: fatu001
 (kone_fatu001@yahoo.fr)
 
 At: http://www.skepticfriends.org/forum/
 
 From: kone fatu
 Av.12 RD 16,Apt.39B, Triechville
 Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.
 PLEASE REPLY ME WITH THIS MY EMAIL ADDRESS (kone_fatu001@yahoo.fr)
 URGENT ASISTANCE
 Good day Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
 relationship with you I am Kone Fatu From Abidjan Cote
 d'ivoire, I wish to request for your urgent assistance in my investment
 plans
 in your base,I wish to invest in manufacturing and real estate
 management in your base,this is because I inheritated an important sum
 from my
 late father who died in recent political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire here.
 Before the death of my father he informed me near his hospital bed at
 chu- teaching hospital, that he has saved the  total sum of
 ($10.700,000) Ten Million Seven houndred thousand united states dollars
 only, in
 one of the bank here in cote d Ivoire.
 This money was been deposited for my social security and for fruitful
 international investment.That is why I need you to keep this
 transaction
 highly confidential and trustworthy person who will assist me to
 receive this fund overseas for investment establishment
 purposeindurities and
 lucratives profitable ventures.
 Further directives and details about the deposit and on how to move
 the fund successfully into your private bank account in your country
 will be given to you as soon as I get your response,
 PLEASE REPLY ME WITH THIS MY EMAIL ADDRESS(kone_fatu001@yahoo.fr )
 
 Yours Faithfully.
 kone fatu
 
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