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Thread ID: 50754 2004-10-31 03:24:00 The Nigerian scam ... TonyF (246) Press F1
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286555 2004-10-31 03:24:00 See
www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/30/1099028265970.html?from=top5
for a nice story !
TonyF (246)
286556 2004-10-31 04:32:00 Muhahahahahahahaha

Priceless
Shaun Minfie (2961)
286557 2004-10-31 04:45:00 No Kite flying today Tony?

Saw a large collection of them filling the air over Springvale park.
metla (154)
286558 2004-10-31 05:15:00 Hi Metla. That was the Wanganui lot - your competitor Geoff and others.
We were out having Chinese lunch with friends. Our flyday is next Sunday.

Cheers Tony
TonyF (246)
286559 2004-10-31 05:23:00 Hi again Metla - I've sent a kite pic to computermedic.
T
TonyF (246)
286560 2004-10-31 05:27:00 Thats excellent,I didn't realise you hand made them yourself. metla (154)
286561 2004-10-31 05:28:00 I have to ask,Can one person actually hold onto a kite that big or is it tethered onto a post??? metla (154)
286562 2004-10-31 05:32:00 > I have to ask,Can one person actually hold onto a
> kite that big or is it tethered onto a post???
T hings that size always need securing - usually to a car with suitably strong line - 500 to 1000 pounds nylon or dacron. T he day of that inaugural flight some strong gusts caused my 500 pound line to give way. lotsa drama ....!
T
TonyF (246)
286563 2004-10-31 20:39:00 > US police estimate $US200 million is conned from American citizens by this sort of scam every year.

What really amazes me is that so many people are happy to give these scammers their hard earned cash... human greed!
POTUS (5276)
286564 2004-10-31 23:51:00 If I remember correctly an Auckland accountant got 7 years last year for giving them $4,000,000 of his clients money, unbelievable greed & stupidity 45South (4769)
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