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Waiting For The Punch Line
Nigeria is building its own communications satellite.
A dedicated spam relay?
Posted by Rand Simberg at May 23, 2006 10:26 AM
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I sure hope they don't beat us to the moon, too, like China will... ;-)
Posted by John Breen III at May 23, 2006 12:39 PM
Well golly! I didn't know they could chunk a spear that far.
Posted by Josh Reiter at May 23, 2006 07:06 PM
I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION. WE ARE AN EXECUTIVE WITH A MAJOR SATELLITE LAUNCH COMPANY IN NIGERIA. DURING THE LAST MILITARY REGIME, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AWARDED THIS COMPANY WITH CONTRACTS WITH THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, HALLIBURTON, AND BILL GATES. THESE CONTRACTS WERE GROSSLY OVER-INVOICED. A CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL HAS IDENTIFIED A LOT OF INFLATED CONTRACT FUNDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY FLOATING IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA READY FOR PAYMENT.
HOWEVER, BY VIRTUE OF OUR POSITION AS A COMPANY OFFICIAL AND MEMBERS OF THIS PANEL, WE CANNOT ACQUIRE THIS MONEY IN OUR NAMES. I HAVE THEREFORE, BEEN DELEGATED AS A MATTER OF TRUST BY MY COLLEAGUES OF THE PANEL TO LOOK FOR AN OVERSEAS PARTNER INTO WHOSE ACCOUNT WE WOULD TRANSFER THE SUM OF...
Posted by Alan K. Henderson at May 23, 2006 11:45 PM
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