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> Although they have not met each other again since, she continued to provide him with financial assistance until he completed his degree a few years ago and got a job in the American oil sector.
Heh, maybe the 419 scam is continuing! The long con! :P
This is a case of smart people taking advantage of the less intelligent / informed.
Reminder that most advance-fee scams do not originate from Nigeria. Such articles like this one stereotype Nigeria in a falsely negative manner. >While Nigeria is most often the nation referred to in these scams, they may originate in other nations as well. For example, in 2006, 61% of Internet criminals were traced to locations in the United States, while 16% were traced to the United Kingdom and 6% to locations in…
Err, the author actually WENT to Nigeria to meet her actual Nigerian scammer -- and others doing the same. What stereotype? She doesn't say that most Nigerians or only Nigerians do such things -- but that's what happened to her.
With a little humanity, it all worked out ok. Didn't see that coming, but awesome. Now this guy can be an unemployed American graduate lol. I worked with a talented Nigerian radiologic technologist who abruptly left and went home to sell tires and car parts because he couldn't handle people being so cruel all the time (West Texas). I hope this guy has a better go of it than he did.
unemployed American graduate ? but the article says: Although they have not met each other again since, she continued to provide him with financial assistance until he completed his degree a few years ago and got a job in the American oil sector.
With a little humanity, it all worked out ok. Didn't see that coming, but awesome. Now this guy can be an unemployed American graduate lol. I worked with a talented Nigerian radiologic technologist who abruptly left and went home to sell tires and car parts because he couldn't handle people being so cruel all the time (West Texas). I hope this guy has a better go of it than he did.
unemployed American graduate ? but the article says: Although they have not met each other again since, she continued to provide him with financial assistance until he completed his degree a few years ago and got a job in the American oil sector.
To clarify, I've watched friends and colleagues gain and lose employment like crazy and I've seen a lot of racism in the industry, among other things.
Sounds like the Long Con became the Longer Con.
> Although they have not met each other again since, she continued to provide him with financial assistance until he completed his degree a few years ago and got a job in the American oil sector.
Can anyone explain to me why these types of scams seem to always originate in Nigeria? Is there something particularly lax about their penal code regarding fraud or what?
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