Nigerian eBay scam or
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After several consideration over the advert placed on the website,my client has really shown interest in it and would really want to issue the payment in form of Money Order/Cashier's check.Will you be accepting a Money Order? The Money Order/Cashier's check that will be drawn by my client would include the cost for shipping this item to my client and my commission would be included on the same Money Order/Cashier's check.We shall solely be responsible for the shippment of the item.This mean you are to get the check cash it immidiately deduct the BUY IT NOW of you item and transfer the ecxess funds to the shipping company via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER so that the shipping company can come to you house for the pick up of the item so you need not to worry about the shippment of the item okay.
Kindly send you information such as NAME , ADDRESS ,CITY, STATE, PHONEto overnight the payment your address today asap.
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"Don't Nigerians have anything better to do???
This entire fiasco started off as a simple eBay auction. A friend of mine asked me to sell a piece of artwork for her on eBay. Bidding started at $1500.00 with a "Buy it Now" price of $2,000.00. Since artwork is usually pretty slow to sell, I told my friend that I would list her piece for 6 weeks.
Towards the end of the first week (9/3/05), I received this e'mail through the proper eBay channels:
Regards,
campus.
I sent a reply with my shipping information and then stated that if his client was interested in the painting, please click the "Buy it Now" button or bid on the painting. I never received a reply from Mr. "Campus."
Almost 3 weeks later, on September 23rd, and without further communication, I received this "envelope"...
...(a paper bag with a UPS label on it) from a "Jessica Friedman" of "Jessica Friedman Int" out of Sherwood, Arkansas. It was recently pointed out to me that the tracking number originates from St. Paul, Minnesota. Notice the shipping date:
Apparently Jessica's "International" company was on a fairly tight budget. Contained within this envelope was a Money Order from Susan Hicks, drawn on the Valley State Bank of Kansas:
Also contained within the bowels of this paper bag was a pair of letters - each letter stating essentially the same thing:
So here I had an envelope addressed from Jessica Friedman "International" (Sherwood, Arkansas), which was actually from St. Paul, Minnesota, containing a check from Susan Hicks (Kansas) and a letter from Tyrone Jackson (Lagos, Nigeria). My initial reaction to the letter's instructions was a chuckle. "You are to visit the bank in the next 20 minutes to get this check cashed immediately." Yeah...I had a good laugh over that one.
At this point several things about this transaction were unusual, but the check looked legitimate. So I removed the painting from auction and then called my friend to tell her of the good news.
I sent an e'mail to Mr. Jackson stating that I wasn't going to go to the bank in the "next 20 minutes," but that I would go first thing the following morning. Here's the reply I received via e'mail the next morning:
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Hello Sir/Ma,
We will like you to make sure you transfer the funds to our information below for the pick up of the item.
NAME TYRONE JACKSON
ADDRESS 50 CAMPOS STREET
CITY LAGOS ISLAND
STATE LAGOS
ZIP CODE 23401
COUNTRY NIGERIA
We look forward to the western union information tomorrow.
Regards
Jackson.
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After reading this e'mail I followed through with my promise and headed to the bank. It was a no-brainer that I was going to have this Money Order checked out before I took any further action on it. I handed it to the nice lady at the front desk of my Credit Union and requested that she call the bank of Kansas to have this money order checked out. About 60 seconds later she came out and said, "I'm afraid that this is a forgery. I'm going to have to keep it as evidence." I nodded. I wasn't shocked. I regretted that I had told my friend that her painting had sold. Now I was going to have to call her back to tell her otherwise...bummer.
The second thought to cross my mind was, "How can I screw with this guy?" I quickly decided that I would draw a legitimate $2,900.00 Cashiers Check on my bank account, only instead of making it out to Tyrone Jackson, I made it out to Jessica Friedman (the lady on the return address of the envelope). I would make up an envelope addressed to Mrs. Friedman, take a picture of the two items and e'mail the picture to Tyrone. I would have to make up some sort of story about why I was sending the money to Jessica Friedman instead of sending the money directly to Tyrone. Here's what I came up with:
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Mr. Jackson,
I just got off the phone with my client (the seller of the painting) and it seems she has a real problem with the painting going to Nigeria. It seems that she is very prejudice against Nigerians. She says that they're all criminals. I sincerely apologize for this inconvenience. I totally understand if you want me to send the check back and cancel the transaction. I truly apologize for this. I'm very embarrassed. Please understand I had no way of knowing that she was like this.
Do you want me to talk to her? Or do you simply wish to cancel this transaction? I hate bigotry. I had no idea she was that way. Some of my best friends are black.
Please let me know what you want me to do.
Sincerely,
Donnie Frank
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I purposely included the idiotic statement, "Some of my best friends are black." to lower Mr. Jackson's expectations of my I.Q. level. Certainly anyone with a 70 I.Q. or better would not say something so moronic. Had Mr. Jackson been an actual art agent, he probably would've canceled the entire transaction based on "my client's" bigotry.
I was now playing on Mr. Jackson's pride. My "client" accused him of being a criminal simply because he was Nigerian. This would have to wreak havoc on his ego. As predicted, Mr. Jackson canceled nothing. His reaction was very close to what I expected. With his horribly broken English, he tried to pass himself off as an American. This was the second laugh I got out of Mr. Jackson. Here's his reply to my "client's" accusations:
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Hello,
How do you mean?? by calling me a criminal? i just wanna tell you that am not a Nigerians am from U.S .A bot base in Nigerian for my business and the check was not from nigeria okay??Kindly talk to her or you email me and let i and you talk about the with our her okay
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Huh? Try English there, Mr. Jackson! The trap was set. I could hear the desperation in Mr. Jackson's letter. My next letter would include bad news for Mr. Jackson and a picture attachment. Notice how I conveniently cropped out the control number?
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Mr. Jackson,
I already came up with a solution. But you have to understand one thing. My "client" is my girlfriend, and she lives with me. So there's no way I could sneak off and get this money to you directly. Don't worry, I came up with a solution!
I told my girlfriend that the Nigerian deal fell through. I mailed a cashier's check (drawn on my bank - Kirtland Federal Credit Union) for $2900.00 to your business associate, Jessica Friedman (return address on the UPS envelope). See the attached picture. Your money is on the way! I dropped it off at the post office for fastest delivery, so it should be in Mrs. Friedman's hands by Friday or Saturday (Monday at the latest). Just have Mrs. Friedman Western Union the money to you.
I'm sorry for all this inconvenience, but the end result is that I sold the painting, and you made a nice little chunk of change.
I apologize again, for my girlfriend's cynicism. I had no idea that she had been ripped off by a Nigerian before. I'm very embarrassed at her behavior.
The painting is at my house, ready to be picked up by your courier service. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 505-271-6880. It's been a real pleasure doing business with you, Mr. Jackson.
You have a great day!
Sincerely,
Donnie Frank
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Needless to say, Mr. Jackson's next letter was panic-stricken. The subject header in Mr. Jackson's e'mail was all upper case: "MISTAKE KINDLY REDIRECT IT TO THE ADDRESS BELOW" Here's what was contained in the body:
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Hello,
Thanks for the payment and your effort in the transaction but one more thing i will like you to pls be of help to help me stop the shipping of the package and send the check to the name and address below
Name Tyrone Jackson
Address 3a itogbe street oko oba
city Agege
State Lagos state
Zip code 23401
Country Nigeria
cos Freeman is out of state as of know and his my client okay and the check is for we the shipping company okay.
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I replied to Mr. Jackson's plea, reaffirming that all was okay. I would simply have Mr. Jackson's business associate, Jessica Friedman, forward the funds on to Mr. Jackson. That sounds reasonable, right? My lie about my girlfriend living with me, etc., was pretty hokey. But it's all I could come up with.
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Mr. Jackson,
2 things:
1) Like I said, my girlfriend (who is selling the painting) lives with me. There's no way I could stick enough postage on an envelope to get it to Nigeria without her knowing something was up. She didn't make the connection between you and Mrs. Friedman, so I was able to send the money freely to Mrs. Friedman. Since she is a business associate of yours, and the money is rightfully yours, there should be no problem with her redirecting the funds to you.
2) The envelope has already been delivered to the post office. So, at this point, my hands are tied. The check is already en route. There is nothing I can do at this point. I assumed that you wouldn't have used a non-trustworthy person as a return address. That would be foolish of you to do. At this point all I can do wait for the courier. Please let me know when I can expect them.
I'm sorry if this has caused you any inconvenience, but honestly, this transaction has been unusual from the get go.
You have my phone number. Please call if there's anything else I can do.
Sincerely,
Donnie Frank
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The next e'mail I received from Mr. Jackson blatantly showed Mr. Jackson's lack of knowledge regarding the United States Postal Service. In a country with no USPS, but a UPS, he probably believes that all mail travels with a tracking number. This showed me that this guy was a real moron. If you're going to try to pass yourself off as an American, the least you can do is have a basic understanding of America and how it works. This "American" obviously knew nothing about America.
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Hello Donnie Frank,
Pls try to understand my points this is not a problem all i need you to do is to send us the tracking number and make sure you redirect the package to the address we sent you cos the payment is for the pick up of the item mean that without the check been recieve by the we shipping company no how we are going to come for pick up without the payment okay.or you can call me on my cell phone +234-8028270358
Regards
Jackson.
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At this time I'd like to point out the fact that Mr. Jackson has given me his cell phone number. I would like to encourage anyone who reads this web page to call Mr. Jackson and tell him what a moron he is.
I feel the need to point out that it was pointed out to me that "AR" stands for "Arkansas" and not "Arizona." Should I be shocked that Mr. Jackson didn't point out this blatent error to me? LOL...
My next e'mail to him was an attept at explaining the U.S. Postal Service. Here's a copy of the e'mail. His original text is in yellow.
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I would love to help you, Mr. Jackson. Unfortunately I simply put the cashier's check into an envelope and mailed it. There is no tracking number. The post office is about a block from my house. UPS is in the next county. It would have been very impractical for me to "ship" an envelope via UPS. I've mailed many letters to Arizona. They sometimes get there the next day. A letter to Arizona rarely takes more than 2 days.
Do you anticipate that Mrs. Friedman might try to keep your money? It never occured to me that the person on the return address would be hostile towards you. If this is the case, please let me know. Otherwise, if you call her and tell her to expect the check, then she can make all necessary arrangements to redirect funds your way. If not, let me know and I will try to have the post office stop the letter. However realize that stopping this letter is going to be a big deal, if it's even possible. Unless you can tell me directly that you think Mrs. Friedman would deliberately withold funds from you, I would rather just let her get the check and then pass the funds on to you. OR if you give me her number, I will be happy to pass your Western Union information onto her. This way you don't have to call the U.S.
I understand. But the art work isn't going any where. Certainly a 2 or 3 day delay isn't going to be that big of a problem, is it?
>or you can call me on my cell phone +234-8028270358
This would be a very expensive call for me. I will call you if need be. Otherwise I would prefer to correspond via e'mail.
I apologize if this has caused you any inconvenience. The bottom line is that you will get your funds, just maybe a couple days later than you expected them.
As we say in America, "The check is in the mail."...<;^)
Take care, Mr. Jackson. Call me or write back if there's anything else I can do.
Sincerely,
Donnie Frank
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Mr. Jackson's next e'mail was, again, panic-stricken. Once again his subject header was all upper case: "STOP IT OR CANCEL IT OR YOU REDIRECT IT" Here's what his e'mail said:
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I understand you bit you still need to stop the shippment or you can cancel the check and issue another and deduct cost of the shipping okay this is a business and i will like you to help me that i don't wanna loos in this transaction cos Mrs. Friedman his out of state as of now to United Kingdom okay so pls undersand that you will have to cancel the check and stop the shipping and you redirect it to the address okay.
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I addressed all of Mr. Jackson's issues in another e'mail. Again, his original correspondence is in yellow:
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>I understand you bit you still need to stop the shippment
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Mr. Jackson, USPS = United States Post Office. I put the check in the mail. You, being from the U.S., certainly understand how the US Postal Service works. It is not a "shipment." The letter does not have a tracking number. It is a letter in an envelope with a stamp on it. Why do you keep calling it a "shipment?" Why do you keep asking me to "cancel the shipment?" You know that there's no way to do that. Once a letter is in the mail, it becomes Federal property. No human can stop that letter from being delivered. You should know that. I know because I called the USPS today and confirmed what I already knew. They said, "Nothing short of an act of God can keep that letter from reaching its destination." The only way they could stop it is if it were dangerous, like a bomb. There's no way in hell I'm telling them that I shipped a bomb just to stop that letter. I'm sure you understand.
>or you can cancel the check and issue another
You tell me you're an American, yet you type in broken English and seem to have no concept of how the United States Post Office works. $2900.00 to ship a painting is a LOT of money, Mr. Jackson. You say you're not an agent (which I assumed you were) but a shipper. You could ship a Harley to Nigeria for $2900.00.
This transaction will be faster and *much* more convenient for me if you simply allow Mrs. Friedman (*your* business associate), to forward the funds on to you. She will probably have this money by Thursday morning (in a few hours). To cancel the check and start all over again is a complete waste of time.
I assume that you've done business with Mrs. Friedman before, correct? If you trusted her to send ME a $5,000.00 check from Susan Hicks, why can't you trust her to send YOU a $2,900.00 check from me? You act as if she is going to rip you off, yet you don't directly say, "She will steal from me. Stop payment on that check!" And if she would steal from you, why didn't she steal the $5,000.00 check she sent me just days ago???
Do you see *my* point, Mr. Jackson? You're not making any sense.
"Shipping" was 37 cents for the stamp. I am more than happy to absorb that cost.
>this is a business and i will like you to help me that i don't wanna loos in this transaction cos Mrs. Friedman his out of state as of now to United Kingdom
Are you saying that "Jennifer & Friedman International" does not have a single employee that can forward your funds to you? Are you saying that you have no way of contacting Mrs. Friedman? I find that *very* hard to believe from an "International" company.
If you give me Mrs. Friedman's office number, I will call, give them your shipping information, and have them forward your cashier's check on to Nigeria for you. You will have your money in a few days. I will pay to have them FedEx or UPS the check to you. It will be my pleasure to do this for you. Will this make you happy?
I did a Google search for "Jennifer Friedman International" on the WWW. I could not find anything. Does her company not have a website??? I find that extremely hard to believe. How could she possibly do business Internationally without a website?
At any rate, forward her contact information to me (her cell phone and her office phone), and I will get this taken care of for you. I will have them FedEx or UPS a new check to you at my expense. I want you to be happy, Mr. Jackson, but you have to be reasonable.
>okay so pls undersand that you will have to cancel the check and stop the shipping and you redirect it to the address okay.
I can NOT stop the "shipping." It is a letter. Not a package. I can stop payment on the cashier's check, but then I will have to start all over again with this. I'd really prefer to talk to someone at Friedman International and have them redirect the funds to you. If I can get this done, will you be happy?
I look forward to a positive response from you. Again, call me if you wish to discuss this over the phone. I'm anxious to hear your accent so I can guess what part of the United States you are from.
Have a good day, Mr. Jackson.
Sincerely,
Donnie Frank
I didn't hear back from Mr. Jackson, so I thought I'd fan the flames with this little gem. My subject header to Mr. Jackson was, "Good news!" Towards the end of the e'mail I get off on a tangent about shipping the painting. It is my belief that shipping of this fragile item would be a concern of mine if this were an actual, legitimate sale. I believe that this lead Mr. Jackson to believe that I was not yet onto him.
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Hello, Mr. Jackson.
I have good news! I called the post office and they said a truck went out to Arizona last night. There's a 95% chance your letter was on that truck since I dropped the letter off directly to the post office. The possibility exists that Mrs. Friedman's check will arrive at Mrs. Friedman's office late this morning or early this afternoon. Worst-case-scenario, it will arrive tomorrow morning (Friday). If you leave me contact information for Mrs. Friedman's office, I will set the wheels in motion to get your money to you ASAP. I will have a new check drawn and expressed to you at my expense. Hopefully this will put a happy end to our transaction - or at least the money part. However I will need Mrs. Friedman's contact information (for her office - not her personal number).
Also, what do I need to do to prepare the painting for shipping? I know you said that the courier service was going to take care of that, but shouldn't I put it in a box or some bubble wrap or something so that the courier doesn't damage it on the way to the shipper?
It would be kind of a pain, but I could make a box of some sort - unless you trust the courier to not damage the piece. Please let me know either way.
Take care, Mr. Jackson. I hope this is good news for you. Have a great day.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Sincerely,
Donnie Frank
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Mr. Jackson's next e'mail was a real hoot. The subject header read, "EXPECT THEM" Here's what his e'mail said:
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okay that is not a good news all i did was i that contacted the FBI and i gave them your address that you wanna scam us expected them any time okay. or you cancel the ackeck and send another one to the address
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Here's my response to Mr. Jackson's accusations and threats of contacting the FBI. I had to string him along just a little more. I had to act indignant at his accusation, but not indignant enough to lose the sale. I wanted him to think I was losing patience, but was not yet angry.
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Scam you? By sending a $2900.00 cashier's check to your business partner? Aren't scams supposed to *take* money from people? What would they arrest me for? Selling you a painting? The painting is here, ready to be picked up by your courier company. I've not denied you the painting. Where is your courier service? The $2,900.00 left over from the $5,000.00 is on it's way to YOUR business associate. You've given me NO answers to my questions. For the last time, GIVE ME CONTACT INFORMATION FOR JENNIFER FRIEDMAN INTERNATIONAL AND I WILL MAKE SURE THE MONEY GETS TO YOU.
I don't know how to say it any clearer than that, Mr. Jackson. I'm not trying to rip you off. Why the hell would I give you my name, address, phone number (which are all listed in the phone book) if I were trying to rip you off???? I can ascertain by your broken English that you aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer. But calling *me* a thief is borderline retarded. You're starting to irritate me.
I will welcome them into my home and give them coffee and doughnuts. We'll all have a nice laugh at your expense.
>or you cancel the ackeck and send another one to the address
Can you give me one, single, logical reason why you won't give me Mrs. Friedman's contact information so that I can straighten this out for you? Canceling the check and issuing another and mailing it to Nigeria is not the best answer. Give me the damn information I'm requesting and I will make this right? Okay???
Please give me one reason why you can't trust Mrs. Friedman? Isn't she the person who sent your $5,000.00 check to me just days ago? Why can you trust her to forward $5,000 to me, but not trust her to forward $2,900 to you? Do you see how ridiculous this is???
I've sent the money. I will await couriers. If they do not arrive within the next week I will relist the painting on eBay and send the rest of your money to Mrs. Friedman - $100.00 for my services. I don't know what else to do. I'm not sending unsecured funds to Nigeria. That country is littered with criminals that would probably steal YOUR money at the drop of a hat. You, being an "American" over there know exactly what I'm talking about. Nigerians in general, AND their mail system, is not to be trusted. As an American, you should know this already!!
Good day, sir.
Sincerely,
Donnie Frank
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In a last-ditch effort to appeal to my "sensitive" side, Mr. Jackson makes this plea. It's pretty funny.
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Hello,
Pls help me out this is my last hope i will like you to try and make sure help me to cancel the check and help me to transfer $1,000.00 to my son in CHINA for his school fess cos they pls help me to do this and cos i already loos in this transaction pls help me out and forget about the rest $1,900.00 pls help.
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My reply was our final correspondence. Being A.D.D., I grew bored of this stuff fairly quickly. My last letter to Mr. Jackson was my favorite one. I start of by telling him that the Cashier's Check - HIS money - had already cleared. What I wouldn't give to see his face. Towards the end of the letter I decided that enough was enough. I let Mr. Jackson have it pretty good. I'm sure he'd been bragging to all his friends how he had conned the "stupid American." I can only hope that his comrades were reading over his shoulder when he opened this e'mail. I think I can still hear the laughter...
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Mr. Jackson,
The check has already been deposited according to my bank. I don't know what to say, Mr. Jackson. I have asked you repeatedly for contact information for your partner, Jennifer Friedman. I have no idea why you won't give me this information. You not only won't give me this information, but you won't tell me *why* you won't give me this information. I'm trying to be a nice guy to help you out, but ya gotta give me *something* so that *I* can help you! Mrs. Friedman or one of her associates has cashed the check. All that's left for me to do is call her so that she can forward the funds on to you. I'm tired of asking you this over and over and being ignored.
As far as I'm concerned you have been paid in full. You are more than welcome to call the FBI. Being that you are a Nigerian national, the FBI probably won't take you seriously anyway.
The painting is here for your pick up. If you do not pick it up within the next 5 business days I will sell it again to someone else.
LOL...okay...enough's enough. Time to put my cards on the table. I just crack me up!!!
Mr. Jackson:
If you are some sort of Nigerian con artist, you are the worst one in the world. Never before have I been "scammed" by such a half-ass, haphazard, con artist such as you. You're clumsy, stupid, uncreative, a horrible liar, and have the language skills of a 4-year-old. Passing yourself off as an "American" is a joke (one in a series of horrible lies). Simply not answering questions shows your complete lack of creativity and incompetence as a "con artist."
Mr. Jackson, in case you haven't heard, Nigeria is the con-artist capital of the world. Isn't there some sort of apprentice program there for the likes of you? Surely there's a *decent* con-artist in your neck of the woods willing to take you under his wing?? I've had 5-year-old children in Egypt do a better job trying to con me out of my money than you.
You sad, little man. All I can say is I'm glad I was able to waste some of your time and cause you some grief. There was never a cashier's check no more than there is a Jennifer Friedman International. At least I was creative enough to back up my lies with some documentation. Take a lesson from me, an honest guy, will ya?
I conned you, you stupid man. I doubt I'll ever hear from you again, but at least I got to waste some of your time, got your cell phone number, and caused you frustration. We all had a great laugh at your expense. I can't wait to post all this to my website (for those Bcc'd, give me about a week).
You still have my home phone number, Mr. Jackson. Call me if you've got the balls.
Take some advice: Try to make an honest living, because you suck as a criminal. Good day, sir.
Sincerely,
Donnie Frank
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Donnie, aren't you being a little hard on the Nigerians?
No. Do a Google search for "Nigerian scam" with the quotes. Google comes up with about 1,000 hits with "Nigerian Scam" appearing [verbatim] in the blue header line. The Nigerians have covered every kind of scam that has ever been invented. Ironically, there's no literal Nigerian translation for the word "job." There are over 17 Nigerian translations for the word, "thief." LOL...okay...I just made that up. But it sounded pretty good, eh? Here are the highlights of my Google search:
There's the plain ol' "Nigerian scam," which, apparently, is a scam all in itself.
There the Nigeian 4-1-9 scam
Of course the oh-so-popular, "Nigerian e'mail scam"
The Nigerian "Costly compassion" scam (apparently this one play's on people's kindness and generocity - go figure)
The Nigerian "Baiting" scam
Ahhh...here's a good one; The "Nigerian Fraud Email Gallery," which is "An archive of several hundred scam letters"...nice
The Nigerian "Advanced Fee 419" scam, which is probably a twist on the "4-1-9" scam mentioned earlier
There seems to be about a dozen or so "versions" of the "4-1-9 scam." I'll spare you the list.
There's the "Dumb Nigerian Con-Artists" site. I might have to check that one out
There's the "Scam o Rama: The Lads from Lagos" Ahhhh...this must be my friend, Tyrone's, home page.
There's an Australian site dedicated to Nigerian Scams. Apparently the U.S. is not Nigeria's only target.
There's the "Urgent & Confidential Business Proposal" scam
There's the Nigerian "Advance Fee Fraud."
Ahhhh...here's the one that tried to get me; The "Nigerian Scam Targets On-line Sellers" scam...nice.
There's the "Nigerian Scam Forum." Way to go, Nigeria. You have an entire "forum" dedicated to your scams...nice.
And finally there's the "Nigerian shim-sham." LOL...okay...I made that one up, too. I crack me up!!!
The list just goes on and on and on and on....
There are dozens of sites dedicated to alerting and helping victims of these Nigerian scams. It just never ends.
Just to be fair, I entered in "Australian Scam" (again, with the quotes). I got 1 hit which was a news article, "Australian Scam nets thousands." Thousands, eh? That's funny - a mere joke compared to the billions lost to the Nigerians. Keep in mind that Nigeria is a country located on the continent of Africa and is a little less than twice the size of California. How do they manage to pack so much crime in such a small country? Australia is a continent just slightly smaller than the U.S. Yet they have not near the crime rate? Hmmmm... I chose Australia as a comparison because both are in the southern hemisphere and share equal climates. So ya can't blame the weather!!
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