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Nigerian Scam Boosted by Recession

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Last Friday mailman was looking for a signature. He had important certified mail to deliver.

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Surprisingly it was a request for cash. One of our employees had a terrible accident in Lagos, Nigeria. Yeah…one of our employees we never had…was traveling to Nigeria…got hurt during a safari [lol], contacted a fellow American for help and now we should send an urgent Western Union to pay for a return ticket. Can’t stop laughing…

Ok, now – who can fall for this? Who would actually send $750 via Western Union to Nigeria for an unknown/inexisting employee?! One other thing I still don’t get – certified mail costs more than an email. Why would they ‘invest’ in a hopeless scam?

Beats me. I posted the actual scans because they are a real piece of [scam] art.

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