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Times Are Tough For Nigerian Scammers

Posted by timothy on from the so-tough-they're-considering-transferring-money-to-you dept.

The Narrative Fallacy writes "The Washington Post reports that online swindling takes dedication even in the best of times but succeeding in the midst of a worldwide economic meltdown takes patience, resolve, and hard work. 'We are working harder. The financial crisis is not making it easy for them over there,' said Banjo, 24, speaking about Americans, whose trust he has won and whose money he has fleeced, via his Dell laptop. 'They don't have money. And the money they don't have, we want.' US authorities say Americans — the easiest prey, according to Nigerian scammers — still lose hundreds of millions of dollars a year to cybercrimes, including a scheme known as the Nigerian 419 fraud, named for a section of the Nigerian criminal code. 419 is cemented in Nigerian popular culture. and the scammers, known as 'yahoo-yahoo boys,' are glorified in pop songs such as 'Yahoozee,' which gained even more fame after former secretary of state Colin L. Powell danced to it at a London festival last year."

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  1. I can stop this! by assemblerex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hello I am a Nigerian judge Mumbasa Mfune III. I am collecting funds to create a task force to reclaim lost monies in Nigeria.

    If you have lost monies in Nigeria, for the low donation of $2500, I can reclaim ALL lost assets.

    Please contact me immediately at Judge.Mufune@yahooze.ng

    1. Re:I can stop this! by The+Grim+Reefer2 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hello I am a Nigerian judge Mumbasa Mfune III.
      I am collecting funds to create a task force to reclaim lost monies in Nigeria.

      If you have lost monies in Nigeria, for the low donation of $2500, I can reclaim ALL lost assets.

      Please contact me immediately at Judge.Mufune@yahooze.ng

      Dear honorable Mumbasa Mfune III,

      Please relay your GPS coordinates so that I can send you a package from orbit..Err I mean airdrop the cash.

      Kind regards,

      TGR2

    2. Re:I can stop this! by houghi · · Score: 5, Funny

      47.639619,-122.129928

      Mumbasa Mfune III

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  2. Scammers getting scammed by mnemotronic · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I read the article, the thing that struck me was that the scammers are so desperate, they trying voodoo majic to boost their believability. One guy has a live tortoise hanging around his neck to boost his mojo. Sounds like a market ripe for a new product idea:

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