March 02, 2006

Dear Kind Sir, I am writing to you from Nigeria You know those emails asking for help to free millions of dollars that you avoid cuz yer smart? This guy wasn't. Oh, and impeach Bush. The fucker.
posted by monkeylion 18 years ago
  • Though many of the alleged Nigerian e-mails originate in other countries, Nigerian government officials said more than $700 million relating to 419 crimes had been seized in the last two years. Say WHAT???
  • According to NPR, it's the single largest source of revenue in that country. Which proves my hypothesis that there are a lot of very, very stupid people.
  • > According to NPR, it's the single largest source of revenue in that country. um, i think that'd be oil...
  • That number is utterly flummoxing. Nearly 3/4 of a billion dollars. Hells bells.
  • Sorry, that should have been "second", not "single".
  • i got one of these scams as snail mail about 15 years ago, then one as a fax about 12 years ago. with e-mail, i get them in both english and french. it's cost me a lot though.
  • NOW SEND ME MONEY
  • If it didn't work, they wouldn't do it. Oh, and SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!!!
  • sure, what's your ip address and bank a/c number?
  • *sends Chy money* I am so smrt!
  • The victim was 89 years old. Those guys have must be completely heartless. He's still worth $5 million, but his heirs are pissed. Maybe I missed it, but does Bush have anything at all to do with this, or is that tag at the end just political graffiti?
  • I used to flat-out refuse to believe the high number of actual victims that end up skimmed off thousands of dollars or even kidnapped. Of course, as I keep getting spam from co-workers about local urban myths, stupid 'civil disobedience' campaigns and 'urgent news' about how 'Mars is going to be the nearest EVER in history', I do now believe them.
  • What's that about Mars??
  • So, the money that the Nigeria officails seized? What do you suppose happened to it? That is going to be the next scam. "Join me, my friend, and we can be rich. I need a bank account to transfer seized funds into."
  • I'd rather give my money to Nigerian scammers than give a cent to BushCo.
  • That's kinda dumb, no offense.
  • Dean Cameron brilliantly scammed the scammers with hilarious results. I think he even managed to get some money from them. If you've got some time on your hands Dean's correspondence with the clueless Nigerians is often gut bustingly funny.
  • If you help me to help the Nigerians, I promise to help them help you to realize a potential profit of millions of dollars. Potentially. Now send me a sammich!
  • I'd rather give my money to Nigerian scammers than give a cent to BushCo. That's kinda dumb, no offense. Well, the Nigerians aren't gonna go out and kill people with it, quite so much.
  • I saw one the other day where the scammee scammed the scammers by getting them to handwrite all of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets after convincing them he was Professor Arthur Dent, BSc HHGTTG PhD and would pay them $100 per page.
  • *develops cunning plan to get a copy of the latest book. half-breed prince? ha ha!*
  • Well, the Nigerians aren't gonna go out and kill people with it, quite so much. Oh well, by all means then!
  • I only wish that someone would try to kill me with money.
  • Check out the #1 hit in Nigeria, "I Go Chop Your Dollar" by Osofia.
  • If it didn't work, they wouldn't do it. Plenty of stupid assholes do plenty of stupid things, even stupid things that don't work.
  • whoops, forgot the html tag up there, F8x!
  • Many years ago, some journalist wrote a piece on how incredible it was that an ad placed in the back of a magazine asking people to send one dollar to a certain mailbox actually brought in an astonishing number of dollars. Nothing was offered for sale. And there was not even a hard luck story to read. And people sent in money despite this. Some would say ol' P.T. Barnum knew his oats.
  • *wonders how many dollars would fit in mailbox*
  • Didn't Homer do that in a Simpsons episode using one of those automatic telephone diallers?
  • yes
  • Can the ceaseless prattle, yappy.
  • ok
  • an ad placed in the back of a magazine asking people to send one dollar to a certain mailbox I sent a buck to that address and nothing happened. What gives?
  • Maybe it didn't take. Try again.
  • I only wish that someone would try to kill me with money. I know a guy who, you know, 'knows' a guy, who'll do it for a couple of hundred bucks. Let me know, okay? /Cosa Nostra