/dev/null Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...9080603764.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Now this part was hilarious. But in these tough times, the scammers said, they are relying more on a crucial tool: voodoo. At times, Banjo said, he has traveled six hours to the forest, where a magician sells scam-boosters. A $300 powder supposedly helps scammers "speak with authority" when demanding payment. A powder, rubbed on the face, reportedly makes victims viewing the scammer through webcams powerless to say no. "No matter what, they will pay," said Olumide, a college student, adding that he is boosting his romance scams by wearing a magical, live tortoise hanging from a cord around his neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I've noticed the offers I get for helping smuggle money out of countries has gone from $10-$20 million, down to $1 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 i really get a kick out of reporters that become 'embedded' with criminals and miscreants...where is their obligation to turn over their locations to authorities??? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...9080603764.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assquatch Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I should start sending emails to Nigeria offering magic scam-boosting powders for merely hundreds of dollars an ounce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I've noticed the offers I get for helping smuggle money out of countries has gone from $10-$20 million, down to $1 million. EVERYTHING MUST GO! WE'VE GOT DICTATOR DIAMONDS, DICTATOR GOLD, LOTTERY WINNINGS AND SO MUCH MORE!!!! I CANT BELIEVE HOW INSANE I AM!! MY WIFE WONT SPEAK TO ME BECAUSE I'M LOSING MONEY!!!! SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE TO CLEAR OUT THE WAREHOUSE!!! JUST RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE ADDRESS TO SEND YOUR INITIAL INVESTMENT TO!!! I'MMMMMMM CRAZY BANJO!!! SEND MONEY TO-DAY!! I have mixed emotions on some of this. On one hand I see it as a bad crime to get money this way. On the other hand I see it as some idiotic greedy bastard getting what they deserve. If you are so stupid as to fall for one of these things you deserve what you get. Sort of a financial Darwinism. Wireless Internet has allowed scammers to move from cybercafes into private residences to churn out e-mails. Nigerian scammers are mostly young men who learn from one another, often as apprentices of cartel-like schemes. "I'm selling greed," said Felix, 29, an e-mail swindler. "You didn't apply for any lotto, and all of a sudden you just see a mail in your mailbox that you're going to win money? That means you have to be greedy." Some e-mails promise wealth, perhaps in the form of jewels trapped in the bank box of a deceased dictator, but later require victims to wire "fees" for paperwork or insurance. It is preying on the less intelligent but unless your IQ resides under 90 then you're just greedy, IMO The dating scams I have more of a problem with because they are preying on the weak lonely. Dating scams promise love, but eventually the sweetheart needs cash. The most sophisticated lure investors to view venture opportunities in foreign lands -- and persuade them, over fake business meetings, to sink millions. ______________________________________________ "My fiancee is there in Lagos. . . . She is an American . . . she speaks with a heavy African accent after being there for two years," one smitten American wrote to the U.S. Consulate in Lagos, pleading for help. "I have attempted to send her money so that she can leave the country, and both times the guy at Western Union stole the money." After a little while it should become evident that they're being scammed though. ____________________________________________________________ "There is another thing scammers always say in Nigeria," Banjo said, "that every day, another maga is born in America." Too true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I should start sending emails to Nigeria offering magic scam-boosting powders for merely hundreds of dollars an ounce. Mixed with itching powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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