Who should read this 
By the time you have reached this web page, you are probably already familiar with what the NIGERIAN 4-1-9 SCAM is.  If not, you should GOOGLE 'nigerian scam'  you will find hundreds of very good descriptions of the scam. 

The scammer invites you to make an amazing profit, merely by helping him or her transfer 20 or 30 millions of dollars out ofNigeria.  Often he scammer will indicate that he is religious, by closing with  "God bless you".

 What you should do
Have some fun with him or her! and write back!  ...or begin a conversation.  Here are some real email addresses of real  Nigerian scammers.

Give the scammer a hint that you have some money saved away.  Become a spoofer! 

Tell  the scammer that you want to help.  Let on that you appreciate his generous offer, which is usually around 25% or so.  At first, don't tell him your name.  Later don't tell him you real name, or anything real about you, like your bank account number!

He will insist to FAX you, but tell him you prefer only email.  It's best to use an alternate email address, one that does not have our real identity attached to it. After a few rounds of email, ask him to send you his picture.

Be nice.

Tell him you can always recognize an honest face -- something like that.  Be stupid, gullible, but act as if you are careful and a little greedy.  Eventually, ask for a little higher cut.  Use our imagination.

Later ask him for a second picture, one that will show it's recently taken and has been taken especially as per your request, so that you know it's really he.  Don't always be grammatical -- you should seem just a little uneducated, but rich. Use your imagination..  The absolute KING of this spoof is  Buddy Weiserman (off-site link).

Be careful, don't go too far.

Have fun!  Remember, you'll be doing others a service:  While these scammers are writing to you to entice you to quick riches, they won't be emailing someone else!

NEW!  Coming soon!  Send these spammers a computer virus. 
(Don't worry, it will not infect anyone else, and you won't get infected either.   This virus cannot  NOT propagate.)

 JOIN the FUN !!   Correspond with these people !

You'll be doing others a service:  While these scammers are writing to you to entice you to quick riches, they won't be emailing someone else!

Off-site link: Victims Recount Their Story  "We lost almost $400,000 on this matter. We are just a middle class family, my husband is a physician and I am a nurse. We borrowed money from many different places to pay to these people. Now we lost our credit and everything else..."
 

Webmasters:  If you have a related web page, please feel free to link to here.  Let me know, and I will reciprocate. 

 Victims, Spoofers:    Emails received will be posted here, with or without name and email address.  
 Rebuttals are accepted, but you must give name and email address.                                      

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Do these things suck? ~~ Unpleasant experiences with companies and organizations. Scams.

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 2002-10-04