Stupid Nigerian Scammer
So a few weeks ago I got an email from some "businessman" in Nigeria. This is of course the famous "419" scam (so named for the statute in Nigerian law this violates or something) He claimed to be some banker that had the oppertunity to acquire a large sum of money from some Nigerian who had just died but that he needed the help of some offshore investor. I have no clue where he got my email adress from (possibly ebay) So I decided I would fuck around with him. I told him I was very interested and we exchanged some more emails. Eventually I told him that as an act of good faith on his part I would need him to send me a picture of himself. I also told him that I would need him to write something on baord and hold it up in the picture so I could be sure that it was him and not some photo he found on the web. I said he could use the logo of my new "rooster biotech company". The logo of course being "We don't just like roosters, we love the Cock". I told him to write "I love the Cock" on a board and take a picture. He actually had the audacity to get upset at this (audacity you say! but you asked him to write essentially "I like male penis" on a card, well read on you'll see what I mean) He didn't seem to understand what "I love the Cock" meant, instead he complained that I was using him to "advertise" for my company. I have no clue how in the hell he would think that some American company would use some hand written sign held up be some nigerian guy as advertising, but then again he thinks someone would actually believe that he is a banker.I wrote back saying that this is not patronising him, as I require it of all poeple I deal with over the internet. To keep him interested I told him I sold off $100,000 worth of stock to facilitate the transaction. Today I got a letter from him once again saying he wouldn't do the picture because it was advertising and he is a"businessman" (HAH!) So he suggested I COME TO NIGERIA! Riiiiiight, so that when getting off the plane a group of thugs can beat me up and hold me ransom. DUMB ASS. I haven't decided how to reply. Perhaps I will ask him to pay for my airfare (so I know he is serious) but I think I will still ask for a picture (I need to know who to look for when I get off the plane) Or maybe I should ask for 20 bucks. His basic scam is that he wants me to open a bank account with some financial institution that has an opening balance requirement (the opening balance of course being something like $2000) which he will then take. I will keep leading him on by claiming I want to keep the account after the transaction is done so I might as well put the $100,000 in liquidated stock into the account. Hopefully this will keep him into it no matter how many ridiculous requests I make. I'll keep you all posted