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> I have an original example from the late 19th C. that was sent to one of my ancestors, so I did some investigating when it came to light. Wow, I'd be fascin
by chimeracoder 10y ago
> I have an original example from the late 19th C. that was sent to one of my ancestors, so I did some investigating when it came to light.
Wow, I'd be fascinated to see that.
- adammunich 10y agoSame
- mathattack 10y agoWow! That's a keepsake. :-)
- scoot 10y agoI scanned it and transcribed it and shared it online a few years ago, but not sure if that is still around, and I'd have to dig through boxes in the loft to find the original, however, the letter this article [1] describes sounds almost identical in content to the one I have. It reminded me that I also have a "letter from the prison chaplain", and a short follow-up letter from "Antonia Garcia" in shaky writing that trails off mid-sentence, and another letter from the "chaplain" saying he had passed, enclosing a supposed prison death certificate. [1] http://theappendix.net/issues/2013/10/proto-spam-spanish-prisoners-and-confidence-games http://theappendix.net/issues/2013/10/proto-spam-spanish-pri... EDIT: I found the transcript and have put a copy online here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dsb_Ss9dIRa8NvoAZ0W2FLi0cxcH_2bL127DNcYOmOM/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dsb_Ss9dIRa8NvoAZ0W2FLi0...
- scoot 10y agoApparently another scammer, using the same pen-name told his 1905 victim he'd been scammed, and that he'd be laughed at if he went to the press or authoritiees: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D07E5D8113BE631A25754C2A9609C946497D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D07E5D811...