<p>My friend got one of those phony emails about an African dude sharing 10 million bucks with him, but requires friend to hand over $1000 for confirmation. He did, and he's been waiting for a reply.</p>
<p>That was 5 weeks ago -_-''</p>
<p>Wondering if this is the epitome of naivete or if this is just normal.....</p>
<p>He's a bright one.</p>
<p>Some people probably believe them, but not many have $1,000 to shell out at the drop of a hat.</p>
<p>Stupidity has no bounds.</p>
<p>tell him not to worry-he'll get his money within the next millenium or two...</p>
<p>People fall for this stuff all of the time.</p>
<p>-First off, the Nigerian royalty story is so ridiculous. Really, how many princes are there?
-If you sell on eBay, don't except money orders that are not sent via the postal service (once a money order is in the postal service, it is a felony if it is fraudulent), wait for any and all checks to clear before shipping (if you have a check bounce, it is your fault and your money lost), use PayPal if you don't want the hassle.
-On that note, much of the eBay check fraud is this. You sell an item for $300. You get a check for $3,000, which you cash. When you're a nice person (whoops! buyer wrote an extra 0) and you send a check for $2700 back, they cash it and the $300 check bounces. They will usually get the item since you shipped it to.
-If you get an email from any buying site or financial institution about your account, just type the site manually. If it's true, you'll get the message when you login, without clicking any suspicious links.</p>
<p>Tell your friend to google "p-p-p-powerbook."</p>
<p>i think the OP's post just made my day. awww. i feel sorry for your friend!!</p>
<p>Pfft, you'll feel stupid when he gets his money.</p>
<p>wow, so gullible...</p>
<p>Tha's really sad. =/</p>
<p>hahahhaha. this is funny. is there Nigerian royality for real?</p>
<p>There are a ton of african princes. I know about 4 or 5 african princes, which is about 50% of the "black" africans I know. They all say being an african prince isn't really that big of a deal b/c there are so many of them.</p>
<p>^hahahaha .</p>
<p>I love how Dateline even did an investigative journalism show on this exact scam.</p>
<p>My sister starts to sign up for all of these things especially those free iPod and computers...but she is eleven :)</p>
<p>aisgzdavinci ,
All he had to do was choose a few words from the email and do a google search with those exact words plus the word hoax. Anyway, if you are entertained by the 419 scams, check out
Ebola</a> Monkey Man: Nigerian 419 Scam
or
Welcome</a> to the 419 Eater</p>
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<p>What does that mean?</p>
<p>This reminds me of that episode of The Office...</p>
<p>very ouch...</p>