February 2002 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Mea Culpa !
by Ken Friedman 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Apologies, Friends. I posted those notes on the advance fee fraud because I have been astonished by the increase in attempts and by the growth of narrative invention. Back to Shakespeare for me. Ken Friedman

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Re: [Air-l] My promotion ...
by Zunt＠aol.com 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

A Google search on "advance fee fraud" will provide ample information on this topic. Cheers, Bob Briggs Westport, MA

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My promotion ...
by Ken Friedman 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that I announce my promotion. Today, I received a letter from the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, inviting me to become his personal friend and business partner. Alan Greenspan, eat your heart out! Ken Friedman Confidant to the Governor (CBN) -- From: joseph sanusi <josanusicbn(a)avu.org> Subject: private and confidential To: <ken.friedman(a)bi.no> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:41:39 -0500 My dear friend, Good day to you.I know very well that this letter is comig to you full of suprises as we don't have any previouse aquaintance.First of all let me introduce my self to you.Iam Chief Joseph Sanusi(the present governorto the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN).I got your email contact through a good friend of my(a business man)that just came back from your country in one of his business trip during the last xmass from your country.He recommends your transparent honesty and reliability in the field of business with absolute confidence. My objective is to have you as my business partner overseas,then I will be using my good officer to be remitting money to your account pending my time of vacation from the position in the (CBN)then I will come over for reimbursement.Let us use this opportunity to save more money from the pause of my government,as long as I remain in the position your interest will always be protected the same way I want you to protect my interest by keeping this letter secret.Note again,I said want you to be my frien and business partner,I will nuse you to remitt huge ammount of money abroard before the change of government in Nigeria probably by the year 2003. Contact me through the following contacts bellow: Email:josanusicbn@avu.org Tel/fax:234-1-4924402(office) Phon:234-80-23232766(direct line) I will also like to have your full contacts,your sincerity is the prime factor to the success of this relationship.please introduce yourself in full. Thanking you for your kind attention and looking forward to your urgent reply. Yours His excellency. Chief Joseph Sanusi(governor) Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) ______________________________________________________ AVU's Free Email Service is provided for promoting education. Please report any misuse of AVU email services to webmanager(a)avu.org

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re: The West African Scam
by Lachlan Brown 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

The experience of western technology in West Africa seems to be mediated by multinational mining corporations, personal and corruption, killings, and desperate pleas. It is little wonder that one of the primary uses of email from West Africa is variation on this dreadful tale. As with so many things about internets re-distributive aspects tied with these new mediations of our world, we are seeing our culture represented in ways that are unfamiliar, strange and implausible to us, but actually tell it like it is from the perspective of people in West Africa. Westerners look like people who would buy into this kind of thing and approve of the method of sales. Lachlan Brown -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup

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Policy on e-health in European countries
by Monica.Murero＠MERIT.unimaas.nl 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Hi Folks: I am working on a comparative research project on "policy and e-health" in Europe. As a starting point, I wish to find out if national governments or private associations within European countries have already introduced policies on this matter. URLs, articles, references and suggestions are very welcomed. Anyone? Monica Murero P.S.: I will collect and send the results of this search to those of you interested in the subject. ------------------------------------- Monica Murero, PhD International Institute of Infonomics and University of Maastricht (NL) Telephone +31 45 570 7696

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A new spin ....
by Ken Friedman 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Dear Colleagues, Here's a new spin. This is almost a kind of urban mythology, with the stories improving all the time. And it is the first appeal I have received from Benin! Another pin in the map. Best, Ken Friedman -- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:38:23 -0800 From: mathew kahbah <mathewkahbah(a)yahoo.com> Subject: POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE NEEDED From: MR MATHEW KAHBAH COTONOU,BENIN REPUBLIC ATTN;Ken Friedman In brief introduction, I'm MR MATHEW KAHBAH from Sierra-Leone. My father ,Mr Foday William Kahbah was the former operations manager of the Sierra Leone Gold and Diamond cooperation during the tenure of the democratically elected head of state president Ahmed Tijan Kabbah who was forced out of office by the rebels led by major Paul Koromah.As a result of the otherthrow, top government officials and top civil servants who the rebel soldiers captured at the mining town of Bangashi district where he was in charge, may his gentle soul rest in peace. After the assassination of my late father Mr foday Williams Kahbah of Blessed Memory. I was busy ransacking his book sheeves, incidentially, I found a key to his underground safe in his family villa. Upon my opening to his undergroud safe, I was surprised to notice among other things 2 big trunk boxes which contained the sum of US$30million (thirty million united states dollars) I contacted my late father's friend who operated a fishing trawlers vessels through noble assistance, I and my family were smuggled out to cotonou through costal river with the sealed trunk boxes containing the money. On our arrival, I decided to deposit these boxes in a private security company here in cotonou for safe custody. Right now, your cooperation is highly needed to assist me lift these fund out of the security company to abroad for onward transfer. This is strictly on your advice in areas like real estate and stock markets or any other business you deem viable. Your compensation for this noble assistance is quite negotiable, for now 30% of this money stand as your commission for immediate transfer of this fund. Please your assistance is highly needed and your urgent reply indicating your interest through the above contacts. Furthermore my evidence of the deposit of this sealed trunk boxes in the security company will be furnished to you as soon as I receive your reply. Please treat this transaction as confidential for this is the hope of my family's survivals, now that the bread winner is no more every correspondences should be directed to me Mr Mathew Kahbah on my cellular phone 229 08 69 05.for more information and clarification. Thanks and yours sincerely, MR MATHEW KAHBAH 229 08 69 05. --

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Thanks for the beautiful websit ken.
by tom Kerrie 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Thank you. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games

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FWD: JOB: Modelling digital content retailing (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

fyi Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:33:10 -0500 From: Kathleen Carley <Kathleen.Carley(a)cmu.edu> To: Kathleen.Carley(a)cmu.edu Subject: FWD: JOB: Modelling digital content retailing University of Surrey School of Human Sciences Research Officer (Ref: 3269) Salary up to: GBP 25,455pa Researcher Digital Content Distribution An experienced researcher is required for 3 years from March 2002 or as soon as possible thereafter for this EU funded project concerned with developing models of digital content distribution. The person appointed will work with other partners in evaluating computer models with content providers and in researching the digital content "scene". Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified and experienced candidates who are interested in building computer models, the Internet and consumer culture. Ideally, candidates will have experience of participatory methods and/or ethnographic techniques. The person appointed must be able to travel extensively within Europe and a degree of fluency in French and/or Portuguese would be beneficial. For further details and an informal discussion, contact Professor Nigel Gilbert by email n.gilbert(a)surrey.ac.uk. For an application form and further job details contact Lesley Gennoy, Human Resources Officer, School of Human Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7HX, UK, +44 1483 686912 or email l.gennoy(a)surrey.ac.uk Application forms can also be downloaded from www.surrey.ac.uk Employment Opportunities. Please quote Reference number 3269, supply your postal address and where you saw the advertisement. Closing date for applications is 08 March 2002 The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy. -- Prof. G. Nigel Gilbert, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey Guildford GU2 5XH, England Tel: +44 1483 259173 gng(a)soc.surrey.ac.uk

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Computer Games Conference: Manchester, UK
by Jason Rutter 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Apologies for any cross posting PLAYING WITH THE FUTURE: DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTER GAMING April 5-7, 2002 ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition, University of Manchester Manchester, England www.cric.ac.uk/cric/gamerz A draft programme and abstracts for papers to be presented at this international conference on computer gaming are now available online as well as facilities for booking a place at the event. The conference will feature approximately sixty papers on various aspects of computer and video gaming from the educational potential of computer gaming to the computer games and violence debate; from investigations of games markets to developing cheat-proofing protocols; from teenagers in Taiwan to senior citizen gamers in the USA. The event has already attracted delegates from around the world including Brunei, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, United Arab Emirates and USA. It has drawn the interest not just of academics but also industry and governmental organisations such as ELSPA (European Leisure Software Publishers Association), BECTa (British Education Communication and Technology Agency), and IGDA (International Game Developers Association). Gamers are represented at the event by key figures from the Cyberathletes' Professional League and the organiser of some of the UK's biggest gaming events. Playing with the Future is now only six weeks away and available places at the event are already limited so those interested in attending are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Further information on the conference can be found at www.cric.ac.uk/cric/gamerz Jase -- Dr Jason Rutter (Research Fellow) ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), The University of Manchester, Ground Floor, Devonshire House, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9QH PH: +44 (0) 161 275 6859 Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 7361 http://www.jasonrutter.org.uk

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AoIR Conference 2002- Submissions
by Monica.Murero＠MERIT.unimaas.nl 25 Feb '02

25 Feb '02

Dear AoIR members and non... We have received 400 submissions for the AoIR 2002 conference !! This is an excellent number, considering that this year we have limited submissions to 1 per category/author, and that we have received proposals from some 40 or more countries! Reviewers are working on the abstracts, and results will be communicated starting from April 1st. Thank you very much for submitting your proposal. If you could not send one, we hope you will, maybe next year. We are looking forward to seeing you all in The Netherlands ! Monica Murero AoIR 2002 Conference Coordinator Steve Jones AoIR President Klaus Bruhn Jensen AoIR Program Chair Visit the 2002 conference web-site: http://www.infonomics.nl/aoir

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