Go check out how some people scam the scammers:
http://scamorama.com/The letters posted here are examples of attempts at ADVANCE FEE FRAUD. The sender claims to be a bureaucrat, banker or royal toadie, who wants to cut you, and only you, in on the financial deal of a lifetime.
Translated painfully into plain English, the writer claims to be in a position to skim public accounts. Hint: There is no money to be laundered - except yours. They tell you palms must be greased. They ask for money with which to do the greasing. A few K here, a few K there... eventually you get wise, and retire to lick your wounds. Variations include son of dead military officer, son of dead farmer, dead bank customer, reformed murderer, the imaginary request for bid, "you've won the lotto", different countries (Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Togo...). Same scam.
Setting aside the writer's attempt to rob you and (going through the mental contortions necessary to take the letter at face value) to steal from his own country, the letters are funny. Read them out loud at parties and see. The 100+ letters below introduce the literary genre of the Lads from Lagos chronologically. Some people write the scammers back, posing as famous literary or TV characters, or inventing richly detailed personalities. The results appear on the right.
You really can waste hours of your time in disbelief at the credulity of the Lads from Lagos, who seem to be ready to believe almost anything themselves if there might be a mark a buck a yen or a pound at the end of that rainbow.
Disclaimer:
Scamorama is shilling for Dean at the moment.
Don't let that put you off being entertained by it. ;)
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