Scamming Nigeria's Scamsters

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” — Abraham Lincoln







“There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.” — George W. Bush

Confession #1: I've been scammed several times. Confession #2: So have most detectives working Bunco Squad at your local police department. P. T. Barnum's "THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS!" banner kept the customers moving at his museum http://www.lostmuseum.cuny.edu/home.html and http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/devices/flash/.


Who the hell knows how much of Nigeria's Gross National Product these E-Scams comprise. Must be a good bit. This stuff wouldn't come if it didn't put groceries on Nigerian tables. It's evolved into Iraqi peacekeepers, Afghan refugees, Khazhakstan Crude. In case you're one of the nine Western Hemisphere people who haven't gotten a Chance-of-a-Lifetime they're called 401s after applicable Nigerean criminal codes. Fleeced are the greedy - Beginner through Been There, Done That. At StillerNation.com a Steeler fan is posting his adventures in hustling hustlers. The pic above is one he's recieved at his 12-14 fake addresses. Here are two more:

This mischief certainly isn't in the interest of bringing the gospel of free enterprise and American Get-Up-And-Go to our Nigerian neighbors. Plus there's OIL - lots of it! The Stiller fan also published several angry letters from several free-marketeers:



#1:

"You Will Hit By A moving Train and Vulture will Eat your remains,Your family will never see your body.you will die in pains that is my own players to you also idiot.good fellow."



#2



"Friend,
It is important we come to a conclusion now or never because, I have been hired to kill you, this is the simple fact and I have been paid well for this job to be sincere with you, I have your full data’s, from your name, to your address, to your phone numbers including this email address. I watch you everyday since the past two weeks and I know where you go and when you come back and everything you do. Do not dare me, I am a born killer, which is what I do to survive, I was born and brought up in Mexico. Never the less, I do not want to kill you, reasons best known to me, only if you will comply with my ransom and I will let you go and even send you the pictures of the person in charge (Who Paid me to kill you) including a very important video tape that you might need. NOTE: No Police. Ignore this message if you wish to die, I give you 5 days to comply or I will come for you. I am presently on another assignment. You have your choice."



#3
"Hello ,
How are youdoing today,i got everthing you don tome,but you have to no that i noyou but i willnot come to you.because i have inform the iyelala,and they told me that you have one week.if you donot come out you will big and die. I no all of you that do it.so be ready."

My Stiller compadre has now trod on thin Nigerian ice. More on this developing crisis tomorrow.