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The 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the register-early-people dept.

Jacek Fedorynski writes "I present to you an urgent and confidential request: I request your attendance at The 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference. This is an excellent opportunity to meet your distinguished colleagues, learn new marketing techniques, and spend your hard-earned money. Attending this conference demands the highest trust, security and confidentiality between us."

3 of 238 comments (clear)

  1. the comma by CySurflex · · Score: 3, Insightful
    What I want to know is - in this sentence:

    "The hotel was very, very upscale. The running water was a nice touch! - Dr, Collins Mdadiwe

    is the comma after "Dr"

    • an actual authentic touch on the part of the guy that made this web page who found out after some research that they indeed use a comma in this manner in Nigeria
    • a typo on his part
    • part of the joke on the typos prevalent in these kinds of e-mails
  2. Re:Jesus fucking christ by Tsu+Dho+Nimh · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What's racist? If it were as commonly done by Danes as it is by Nigerians, we'd be lampooning the Danes. What proportion of the 419-style spam do you get that is from non-African sources (checking headers, phones, etc. and tracing follow-up email sources too). I have had exactly THREE that had no African links ... one claiming to be Cuban, via mexico, one Romanian coming from various European IP addresses, and one claiming to be Iraqui, but sending through a server in Ireland.

  3. Re:World Economics by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nigeria has bigger problems than e-mail scam artists

    --
    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."