WARNING: Nigerian Scam in Full Force.

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[Don Myers]

I got an email from these people and another one from Sudan. I deleted the emails after getting a chuckle from them. I am sure that we do have people in the US falling for this nonsense. We have many people in the US who are living with only half of their cyclinders kicking in at any given time.

[Bernard Marx]

I get at least one of these scam letters a week and recently set an all-time record of three in a single day! One, hilariously, was from the African Republic of Sahara. Yep, they think we're really dumb.

One of my Australian friends taught me how to have fun with these jerks. Negogiate with them by email, telling them you think your share of the cash/diamonds/gold/whatever is far too small for the risk and effort you're putting into the enterprise. I'll post the reply he got from one of them if I can find it but it went along these lines:

"You are a greedy and dishonorable person, you are too selfish and I can no longer correspond with you!"

[RightOnline]

Well, vann, buddy...........God bless ya for having your heart in the right place and posting this. However, I go with those who submit that one would have to be an idiot to fall for this.

Like you, I've received my share of these emails (several EXACTLY like yours). I get a kick out of responding with "Sure!!!! Simply wire the funds to The Left Bank, account # YDONTU EAT S**T. I look forward to helping."

[hchutch]

Too bad my idea for scamming these guys would land ME in trouble with the Secret Service...

[Drew68]

Don't remember where I saw it, but a guy turned the tables on one such scammer. Had him dancing like a chicken and wearing stupid hats, waiting for him forever in expensive hotels…

Emails and phone recordings were posted on the net with the story.

I remember that! I recall reading it on someone's webpage a few years ago. It was hilarious.

Wish I could find it but there were so many hits for "Nigerian" + "Scam" in google that I didn't know where to start looking.

Great entertainment!

[Lazamataz]

I'd like to invest in a good business or in real estate in Nigeria. This is a potential market of great rewards! How do I get in touch with these fine people??

[Lazamataz]

So do I. Just send me the e-mail and a check for $200.00, and I will fight these bastards for you.

Van, don't fall for this jamoke's spiel.

I will do this job for you for only $100.00.

[ppaul]

Thanks for posting this.
I cannot tell you how many people have received these letter and asked me what to do.
I've told them to just throw them in the garbage.
Now, I have an answer for them.
Thanks.

[steve-b]

Obviously if it didn't work they wouldn't keep doing it.

I dunno; people have been trying various forms of socialism since the Pharoahs.

[JoeMomma]

Thanks for the important head-up. This is a serious scam, and some who have fallen for it and travelled to Nigeria have died.

General rule of thumb -- if it sounds too good to be true, it is.

[Larry Lucido]

I will do this job for you for only $100.00.

Don't listen to him! Oh, sure, he advertises $100.00, but then he'll hit you up for first class airfare to Nigeria via Madrid.

[Rifleman]

This is a classic long con, a variation on the Spanish Prisoner. Credulous folks have been falling for this type of thing for centuries. Although I have a little sympathy for old folks who are ripped off, in most cases, anyone dim enough to bite on a con this old is better off without their money as they would just get into trouble with it.

[FreePaul]

THE FIVE RULES FOR DOING BUSINESS WITH NIGERIA

One through five should be:
"NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH NIGERIA!"

[FreePaul]

I saw one of these scam letters recently from Spain. The Spanish scammers are pikers. They were talking about something in the three hundred thousand dollar range.

[SodiumWarthog]

I dunno; people have been trying various forms of socialism since the Pharoahs.

So you're saying that this is all just some pyramid scheme?

NaW.
(Well, someone had to say it...)

[Commander8]

I occasionally recieve e-mails from a person claiming to be the Finance Minister of Nigeria. Usually I just delete these letters because I know that it's a scam. Then I saw an article on Newsmax about the Nigerian scam. I forwarded it to everybody in my address book and they are forwarding it to everyone they know.