[I Was Naked]
When I Wrote ThisSilly Ass Nigerians or PSA # 154
2007-10-24
If I took the time to really fret about things on a global scale, its the greed and shallowness that Americans are thought of worldwide.
Case in point, we've all received the Nigerian letters that you've been contacted out of all the people on this planet as the only one who can get international funds released for the low low price of thousands of US dollars. They've pretty much run that gamut out, so they have to get more creative to steal our money.
The latest is now using Paypal and I will share with you a recent transaction.
I sell a lot of things for people on line either in my eBay store, or if things don't happen there I'll pop it over on Craigslist. I've been advertising a lovely Leo Diamond engagement ring for sale, for a friend who's love done him wrong. Whatever. He just wants to sell it and pay off the jeweler.
Currently I have it listed on Craigslist, and I received an inquiry about it from a gentleman, and I use that term loosely. He was willing to pay the asking price and here's always the huge tip off, $100.00 for Fed Ex or DHL to get it there fast so the minister can bless it before the wedding.
OK, well beside the over priced delivery they want to pay, appealing to my religious side always falls on deaf ears. His direction to me, and I laugh at the audacity, is to take my listing down and he will send me the money, via Paypal, and hurry up about it.
My response was, pay up, and if you are from out of state, the money has to clear before I will release the ring.
Obviously 24 hours went by and I didn't hear from him.
This morning in my email spam folder were two emails from a supposed service@paypalhelpdept.com, or at least that's what the mask on the real email address is, brandoncollins002@gma.com
The email indicated that the money was sent, and I laughed at the place I was supposed to send the ring;
| Postage Info: |  | Name: Ernest Quainoo Address:No 6 Sanusi Street Coca Cola City: Ibadan State: Oyo State Zip code: 23402 Country: Nigeria |
| Address Status: | | Confirmed |
The second email explaining how this new pay pal worked was even better:
Diamond Engagement Ring-Leo Diamond. The money has now been deducted from the buyer's account and is ready to be deposited into your account. It will be debited into your
PayPal account as soon as we receive the shipping reference / tracking number from you.The number is to be sent to (service@pay-palhelpdept.com).
The PayPal Team
PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD
NEVER give your password to anyone, including PayPal employees.
Right-i-o folks. I deal with international payments all the time, and I can assure you, the money shows in your pending transactions tab.
I don't know whether to be more offended or amused that these Nigerian scammers think they are smarter than the average bear. Don't get me wrong, Americans in their greed lost millions of dollars on these scams at first. But for crying out loud, this has been going on for years. I'd like to give my fellow countrymen the benefit of the doubt and we've all learned that you don't get something for nothing, none of us have won a lottery we don't remember entering, and when anything with the word Nigeria appears in it, you can bet your bottom dollar they want your last one.
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