[ale] OT: OT: sending money overseas

[LnxGnome]

+n for The IT Crowd.  I'm still waiting for the next season...

On 1/7/15 2:54 PM, Pete Hardie wrote:
> +1 for The IT Crowd.  The family and I binged on it a couple of years ago
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Lightner, Jeff 
> <JLightner at dsservices.com <mailto:JLightner at dsservices.com>> wrote:
>
>     Damn you beat me to it.
>
>     I’ve been watching a Britcom called “The IT Crowd” recently (Hulu
>     via Comcast Online).   In one of the episodes a loser is sending
>     money to a “Nigerian princess” and the running gag in the episode
>     is other characters saying “But the Nigerian monarchy ended in the
>     60s”.
>
>     By the way – the series is funny as hell IMO.   Well worth the watch.
>
>     *From:*ale-bounces at ale.org <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>
>     [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>] *On
>     Behalf Of *Pete Hardie
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, January 07, 2015 9:57 AM
>     *To:* Jim Kinney; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>     *Subject:* Re: [ale] OT: OT: sending money overseas
>
>     The needy party could always send a bunch of emails claiming to be
>     a Nigerian prince in need of help smuggling cash out of Africa....
>
>     On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com
>     <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Bit coin and wire transfers come to mind.
>
>     Gift certs from silk road2 night be a challenge to cash out :-)
>
>     AmEx travelers checks made to the recipient can be snail mailed.
>
>     USPS money orders are dirt cheap and easy but also do the snail mail.
>
>     Western Union does cash wires for a rather steep fee on both ends.
>
>     On Jan 7, 2015 8:57 AM, "Boris Borisov" <bugyatl at gmail.com
>     <mailto:bugyatl at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Ideas ... sugestions ...
>
>     1. Paypal requires the other side to have account.
>
>     ...........
>     ...........
>
>     feel free to add lines :)
>
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