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I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me

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Re: I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me

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> With her assistance, he left Nigeria shortly afterwards, to study in America. > 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

Reminds me of:

Go to a bank. Get a job there and work there for years and years learning the place from the inside, and also learning how all of the processes and procedures are done, earning everyone's trust and respect, and simultaneously building up a 401k with matching while also going up the career ladder and taking more and more positions with more responsibility and more pay until one day you finally decide that it's over and walk out the door like nothing ever happened!

Re: I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me

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post #31

> With her assistance, he left Nigeria shortly afterwards, to study in America. > 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

Reminds me of: Go to a bank. Get a job there and work there for years and years learning the place from the inside, and also learning how all of the processes and procedures are done, earning everyone's trust and respect, and simultaneously building up a 401k with matching while also going up the career ladder and taking more and more positions with more responsibility and more pay until one day you finally decide th…

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Re: I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me

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post #31

> With her assistance, he left Nigeria shortly afterwards, to study in America. > 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

Reminds me of: Go to a bank. Get a job there and work there for years and years learning the place from the inside, and also learning how all of the processes and procedures are done, earning everyone's trust and respect, and simultaneously building up a 401k with matching while also going up the career ladder and taking more and more positions with more responsibility and more pay until one day you finally decide th…

This is almost like the plot of Inside Man!

Re: I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me

#36

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I guess it's possible but "put me through college" seems like a pretty lousy con.

Sounds like a great con to me. It's literally worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Yeah, it's a lot of money to commit to up-front, but it's oddly specific, few people are gonna agree to it, and they could easily just ask to cut the checks directly to the school.

Re: I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me

#37
post #8

Sounds like the Long Con became the Longer Con.

I guess it's possible but "put me through college" seems like a pretty lousy con.

Exactly! An it's shocking that Hillary wants to con productive people out of their money (via taxes) to send more people to college.

Re: I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me

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post #22

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We can certainly do the opposite: https://spa.mnesty.com/

I look forward to the day two bots try to outsmart each other in their own private bubble.

I think this conversation is that:

https://spa.mnesty.com/conversations/zvtbgexy/

Re: I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me

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post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reminds me of: Go to a bank. Get a job there and work there for years and years learning the place from the inside, and also learning how all of the processes and procedures are done, earning everyone's trust and respect, and simultaneously building up a 401k with matching while also going up the career ladder and taking more and more positions with more responsibility and more pay until one day you finally decide th…

This is almost like the plot of Inside Man!

Haha True!

Re: I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me

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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…

Are you Nigerian by any chance? No?
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