Today I received 2 copies of a letter supposedly from MARYAM ABACHA, widow of the former ruler of Nigeria, asking for my telephone and fax numbers and my help in securing a large sum of money supposedly secreted by her husband---blah blah BLAH------- IF YOU GET A LETTER SIMILAR TO THIS DO NOT ANSWER IT ! When I did a Google search under her name I found many liks to this and other scams originating in Nigeria and other African countries. Sadly they seem very common. As always, it is wise NEVER to give out this kind of personal information on the net to a stranger who asks for it. And of course never to get involved in a financial transaction of any kind---even when Lady Maryam offers you 30% of her "30 million dollars" !!! Camilla Flintermann, Oxford, Ohio <[log in to unmask]> on the web at http://www.geocities.com/camillahf/index.html and also at http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/genugten/flinterm.htm # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # " Nothing is as inevitable # # as a mistake whose time is come." # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn