I just received the following email in my inbox. While I admit to posting it here more for its comedic value than for its advice, if you're looking to make money, holding on to your money is just as important as making new money. So let me and my new friend BL enlighten you.
I will help to tell you about the scammers.
Have you heard about scammers in West Africa and Nigeria? I have learned much about them from 2005 to 2010! I will never reply them. West African and Nigerian scammers send false emails to foreign people on data. They West African and Nigerian scammers also ask foreign people to get money. $ Millions. West African and Nigerian scammers have false names. Foreign police know not where they are. West African and Nigerian scammers are VERY dangerous. They know that they will never reply back. I know who they are. They are young men. They are crimes. They fool God, Jesus, doctors, penfriends, dating and much more on data every day. They also have not genuine contact to good friends. Citibank lost $27 Million to Nigerian scammers since 2009. Woman lost $400,000 to Nigerian email scam since 2008. Man lost $1.5 million in Nigerian email scam since 2007. British man lost £130000 to Nigerian scam since 2009. 80 Year Old Man Loses Over $700,000 To Advance Fee (419) Scammers since 2008. Man lost RM1.7 Million to Lottery scam since 2007. Elderly man lost $3500 in lottery scam since 2008. Nearly $500000 lost in Nigerian scam since 4 Feb 2010. John McEnroe Loses $2 Million in Huge Art Investment Scam since 2009. 79-year-old Lost $15,000 to lottery scam since 2009. Nigerian scammers were stealing money. Continue. Foreign people have not learned about West African and Nigerian scammers on data. It is sad. False West African and false Nigerian scammers write different languages to foreign people on data. West African and Nigerian scammers use phones to speak foreign people to get money. West African and Nigerian scammers send false pictures on data. The pictures are not true. They have making false passports to foreign people. Foreign people lost also money. West African and Nigerian scammers have taken and take all email addresses from world. Also they fool foreign people. You can see true film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0e-pPfITts I hope that you learn more about them. NEVER SEND ANY MONEY TO SCAMMER. I am not real dangerous crime, but good dangerous and honest person and nice. I know everything that NO find me. It is completely in order!!! Hope you have a good day. Thanks for my email, I will never reply back.
Well, sad as I am that BL will not reply to me, ever, I will take this opportunity to say that I know all there is to know about the Nigerian scam and its many variants. No, I have never fallen for it myself, but I have received hundreds of emails from mysterious people with cool names like Miss Jewel George and Prince Albert. They all claim to be orphans of royalty from war-torn African nations and to have a huge inheritance that they would like to invest in a foreign country in someone else's name to keep it safe from the evil general that overthrew their family's government and violently ousted their parents from the throne.
Surprisingly, many people have fallen for this. A quick google search on the country in question will prove that it's a lie. But I guess the generous cut of the profit is just too much for some people to pass up, even if their inner voices are telling them not to. Of course, it's just a ploy to get your banking information and your money: many times they request a payment up front, saying that they need it for a variety of reasons: to cover their travel costs to a "safe" place, such as Johannesburg, where they will be able to access Western Union to transfer the money. Other times they say it's for customs fees or some other reason that a little research will also tell you is a lie. You will not make this money back, no matter how much they promise you that you will. For more information, check out www.snopes.com. There you can also find info on all kinds of other scams meant to drain your bank account.
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