Woman Admits Sending $400K To Nigerian Scammer

svnt writes "Janella Spears wiped out her husband's retirement account, remortgaged their paid-for house, and took out a lien against the family car in an attempt to cash in on the deal. A undercover officer involved with the investigation called it the worst example of the scam he's ever seen. Thoughtfully, Spears has gone public with her story as a warning to others not to fall victim."

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Husband's retirement account

[77Punker]

...more like former husband

For those not reading TFA

[LockeOnLogic]

There's some comedy gold in there, a few tidbits!

"Janella Spears doesnt think shes a sucker or an easy mark."

"They said President Bush and FBI Director "Robert Muller" (their spelling) were in on the deal and needed her help."

"When Spears began to doubt the scam, she got letters from the President of Nigeria, FBI Director Mueller, and President Bush. Terrorists could get the money if she did not help, Bushâ(TM)s letter said. Spears continued to send funds."

"Most of the missives were rife with misspellings."

Priceless! ...okay i'm going to hell...

Re:For those not reading TFA

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't think a bunch of misspellings from somebody claiming to be President Bush would be a tipoff of something wrong. No misspellings would be a tipoff!

Re:Why?

[rugatero]

I am interested in filming her life story. I'll gladly pay $1m dollars for the rights. First she needs to send a $100,000 clearing fee and I'll deal with it from there.

Re:I'm amazed

[MBGMorden]

Not only that but from the article (Yeah, it seems like all of us just HAD to read this one.):

"Janella Spears doesn't think she's a sucker or an easy mark."

Janella, no, you're not a sucker or an easy mark. You're the dumbest fucking person on Earth.

sooo close

[regular_gonzalez]

Sure it seems like a tragedy now, but my gut feeling is that if she had sent one more payment, those millions would be in her bank account at this very moment. The same guy contacted me and I'm certain that with one or two more payments I will soon be rich beyond my wildest dreams. Remember kids, quitters never win and winners never quit.

Tattooed

[Jabbrwokk]

This scammer got tattooed, all right.

Re:I'm amazed

[whoever57]

but she was so obsessed (i.e. stupid) that they simply couldn't.

Yeah, but she is going to get that money back within 2 years -- by selling the rights to her story..... but first, she has to put up a small investment to get the agent working.......

Re:I'm amazed

[Anonymous Coward]

Poor woman probably even hawked her banjo.

Re:Awful

[spintriae]

This is why I don't deal with those Nigerian scammers. I deal directly with the Prince of Nigeria himself. We're so close that I"m sending him money to unfreeze his dead aunt's $1 billion fortune, of which I'm going to receieve half.

Re:lets follow your thought to the logical conclus

[WillDraven]

therefore, in your scenario, the woman get sno punishment, the scammers get real punishment, and all the res tis pointless verbiage. ok, the woman is guilty, she's reposnible, she's an albatross, whatever. doesn't matter what you clal her. the point is she doesn't get punished, in your eyes, and the scammers do, which is all that is important. the rest is verbiage

I think all this talk of Nigerian email scams is affecting you...

Re:I'm amazed

[Pictish Prince]

Mean, Median and Mode. In a world of 99 uniform dumbasses and 1 genius, 99% would be below mean intelligence.

Not sure where you get the 50% from.

I don't know - I've met a lot of mean dumbasses and come to think of it, a lot of them were in uniform.

Re:I'm amazed

[Anonymous Coward]

ha! hilarious slip - "praying on religious communities"