Nigerians ... perhaps the lowest on the totem pole of scammers

impaler: New Nigerian spam I got over the weekend:

FROM: ROBERT MUELLER III EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON DC. FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET

The federal bureau of investigation (FBI).Through our intelligence-monitoring network has discovered that the transaction that the bank contacted you previously was legal.Recentlythe fund has been legally approved to be paid via Central Bank of Nigeria.

So, we, the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) Washington Dc, in conjunction with the United Nations (UN) financial department have investigated through our monitoring network noting that your transaction with the Central Bank of Nigeria legal. You have the legitimate right to complete your transaction to claim your fund US$10.7,000,000.00

LOL. "Federal bureau of investigation (FBI) here, just thought you should know that Nigerian scam is totally legit! So we say at teh federal bureau of investigation (FBI)"

Well, if you can't trust people that say they're the federal bureau of investigation (FBI), who can you trust?

If UN financial department have said legal, why aren't you believing? You could be receiving $10.7,000,000.00 and they only want to make assurance that you are not missing.

That sparked an equally curt response from the president's office

Seriously?

Ahhh CBS, the only major news network that can't link their mobile site to regular articles.

I hate CBS's mobile site.

Grand_Moff_Joseph: The book mentioned in TFA, however, was boring as all hell. Having it as required reading in HS didn't help matters either.

I thought it was pretty powerful stuff, but I agree, there were a lot of books that were required for me to read and I think that I was too young to really appreciate them.

/had to read watership down in 5th grade... Still can't bring myself to read it again.
//Hear it's good though.

My favorite was the one pleading that I take the millions lest they, by law, be turned over to the "United Nations Fund to promote war in Africa and the World in General".

Call me a warmonger.

Goodluck Withthat.

NutWrench: President Goodluck Jonathan.

Seriously?

We're all counting on him

Grand_Moff_Joseph: I admire the man for his convictions and his desire to see better days for his native land.

The book mentioned in TFA, however, was boring as all hell. Having it as required reading in HS didn't help matters either.


/cliff notes ftw


aw hell naw.

it was required reading for me in HS, also, although i loved it (and still do), and i think it's one of the most gripping and heart-wrenching things i've read (though i admittedly haven't read it for a while). that said, it could have been the contrast between that and wuthering heights, which i hate with the passion of a million heathcliffs fire of a million suns.

impaler: New Nigerian spam I got over the weekend:

FROM: ROBERT MUELLER III EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON DC. FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET

The federal bureau of investigation (FBI).Through our intelligence-monitoring network has discovered that the transaction that the bank contacted you previously was legal.Recentlythe fund has been legally approved to be paid via Central Bank of Nigeria.

So, we, the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) Washington Dc, in conjunction with the United Nations (UN) financial department have investigated through our monitoring network noting that your transaction with the Central Bank of Nigeria legal. You have the legitimate right to complete your transaction to claim your fund US$10.7,000,000.00

LOL. "Federal bureau of investigation (FBI) here, just thought you should know that Nigerian scam is totally legit! So we say at teh federal bureau of investigation (FBI)"

Well, if you can't trust people that say they're the federal bureau of investigation (FBI), who can you trust?

Once the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) says that it's OK, just go ahead and do the needful.

ChubbyTiger: do the needful.

And if you don't know what that means, please revert.

chard: Grand_Moff_Joseph: I admire the man for his convictions and his desire to see better days for his native land.

The book mentioned in TFA, however, was boring as all hell. Having it as required reading in HS didn't help matters either.


/cliff notes ftw


aw hell naw.

it was required reading for me in HS, also, although i loved it (and still do), and i think it's one of the most gripping and heart-wrenching things i've read (though i admittedly haven't read it for a while). that said, it could have been the contrast between that and wuthering heights, which i hate with the passion of a million heathcliffs fire of a million suns.

We had Jane Eyre in my in high school. Seriously? A bunch of teenage boys carrying around (let alone reading) that book?

chard: Grand_Moff_Joseph: I admire the man for his convictions and his desire to see better days for his native land.

The book mentioned in TFA, however, was boring as all hell. Having it as required reading in HS didn't help matters either.


/cliff notes ftw


aw hell naw.

it was required reading for me in HS, also, although i loved it (and still do), and i think it's one of the most gripping and heart-wrenching things i've read (though i admittedly haven't read it for a while). that said, it could have been the contrast between that and wuthering heights, which i hate with the passion of a million heathcliffs fire of a million suns.

Wow. You really hate Wuthering Heights. I really love Wuthering Heights. If we ever met, we could annihilate the entire universe....... like matter and anti-matter.


/Read "Things Fall Apart" for a college class. Liked it too.

ChubbyTiger: Once the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) says that it's OK, just go ahead and do the needful.

Not even the same continent.

If English is the official language in Nigeria, why do they write so piss-poorly?

As for required reading, I wish anything by Ayn Rand had been. Atlas Shrugged was only on a suggested reading list and it's over 1000 pages long so I went with Catcher in the Rye instead. I couldn't identify with Holden at all until I was maybe 22. I've had more in common with Hank Rearden in Atlas Shrugged.

Whining about CBS's mobile site? If you pull over it'll load faster.

/ You're driving, right?

BELOVED,
I right to you in a time of perilous need. As you know the Arab Winter has sowed unrest and distruction thoughout the region. I have hidden a trove of royal jewels in a hidden location, and am waiting to bring them back to the United States. To help me transfer this wealth, I am helpfully asking you to share your bank account number so I can leave the country. Time is of the assence. Please reply.

So he turned down a ribbon in exchange for more publicity and book sales? Brilliant!

impaler: New Nigerian spam I got over the weekend:
I got one a few weeks ago from "a US citizen" who got scammed and traveled to Nigeria where she met Barrister JOHN MIKE who explained the fraud to her but was able to get $2.5 million from the bank as compensation and I can get the same.

Points for effort there.

Because it is worth repeating

DEAR SIR

I REPRESENT A SUBSIDIARY OF HALLIBURTON CO KNOWN AS KELLOGG BROWN AND ROOT (KBR) THAT HAS RECEIVED A CONTRACT FROM NIGERIA TO BUILD A NATURAL GAS PLANT IN THAT COUNTRY IN ORDER TO SECURE THIS CONTRACT WE BRIBED THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ON THE ORDER OF 180 MILLION DOLLARS (99 MILLION POUNDS STERLING) THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) HAS LEARNED OF THESE BRIBES AND IS CONDUCTING AN ADIT OF OUR COMPANY IN ORDER TO UNCOVER THE GUILTY PARTIES

THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMRNT REQUIRES YOUR ASSISTANCE IN TRANFERRING THIS MONEY OFF OF THEIR ACCOUNTS IF YOU WILL SEND US YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER WE WILL TRANSFER THE SUM OF 180 MILLION DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT UPON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WILL RETURN TO US THE SUM OF 160 MILLION DOLLARS AFTER THE SECURTIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIOB FINISHES ITS INVESTIGATION

YOURS IN THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RICHARD CHENEY

butt-nuggets: Nigerians ... perhaps the lowest on the totem pole of scammers


What? Sorry, couldn't hear you over the sound of my engorged sprunger.

some.old.lady.: jayphat: Ahhh CBS, the only major news network that can't link their mobile site to regular articles.

I also run into this problem, frequently, since my access is almost exclusively mobile. I am interested in comparing notes with other mobile farkers.

I gets no love. Hate that it goes directly to.mobile. I have full access, and sometimes my phone is faster than my wifi.... Go figure. Someone copypasta article pretty please?

some.old.lady.: jayphat: Ahhh CBS, the only major news network that can't link their mobile site to regular articles.

I also run into this problem, frequently, since my access is almost exclusively mobile. I am interested in comparing notes with other mobile farkers.

CBS national, and apparently their local affiliates too (I'm looking at you WBNS Columbus) have the WORST when it comes to mobile sites. Main articles don't crossover to mobile, and the mobile site looks like it was designed to run on a web accessible phone from 2004, when color to a phone was new.

Things Fall Apart was the book that gave me my racism. I was pissed the whole time reading it. At the "tragic" end, I felt nothing.
Great literature.

Niger? Please!

butt-nuggets: Nigerians ... perhaps the lowest on the totem pole of scammers

I was going to try to refute you. But I can't.

Menu->More->Settings->Enable Mobile View (uncheck)

some.old.lady.: jayphat: some.old.lady.: jayphat: Ahhh CBS, the only major news network that can't link their mobile site to regular articles.

I also run into this problem, frequently, since my access is almost exclusively mobile. I am interested in comparing notes with other mobile farkers.

CBS national, and apparently their local affiliates too (I'm looking at you WBNS Columbus) have the WORST when it comes to mobile sites. Main articles don't crossover to mobile, and the mobile site looks like it was designed to run on a web accessible phone from 2004, when color to a phone was new.

Are you on mobile often enough to warrant requests for changes/updates on fark?

Fortunately yes. I'm fairly productive enough at work to the point 1/4 of my day is free. So I do alot of FARK checking.

SwiftFox: My favorite was the one pleading that I take the millions lest they, by law, be turned over to the "United Nations Fund to promote war in Africa and the World in General".

Call me a warmonger.

I tried, but the line was busy.

/will call back tomorrow
//Ashcroft can't be that busy
///trolling :-P

camaroash: If English is the official language in Nigeria, why do they write so piss-poorly?

As for required reading, I wish anything by Ayn Rand had been. Atlas Shrugged was only on a suggested reading list and it's over 1000 pages long so I went with Catcher in the Rye instead. I couldn't identify with Holden at all until I was maybe 22. I've had more in common with Hank Rearden in Atlas Shrugged.

If you read it past the age of 22, Holden comes off as a worthless emo douchbag.

Grand_Moff_Joseph: /cliff notes ftw

Seriously?

Fano: If you read it past the age of 22, Holden comes off as a worthless emo douchbag.

Seriously!!!!

Things Fall Apart was the only book we had in High School, other than Jane Eyre, that I thought was actually trying to tell a story and not just demonstrate an interesting writing style or poetic vocabulary. Looking at you, As I Lay Dying, Heart of Darkness, Great Gatsby (more of an extended poem), Tess, and Scarlet Letter. A tip for those who will read it- it is divided into two parts in hopes that the reader will notice parallels between it and another famous book with two parts. There's more to the story than that and not everything lines up, but it is still a big part of what he was trying to say.

OgreMagi We had Jane Eyre in my in high school. Seriously? A bunch of teenage boys carrying around (let alone reading) that book?

I'm convinced that so many boys flounder in school because of effeminate reading assignments like that. Thankfully, I never had to read that crap.

LMark: OgreMagi We had Jane Eyre in my in high school. Seriously? A bunch of teenage boys carrying around (let alone reading) that book?

I'm convinced that so many boys flounder in school because of effeminate reading assignments like that. Thankfully, I never had to read that crap.

It's not like Hemingway is much fun, either.

\Cut the farking fish loose, old man. It's a losing fight.

How much was the "shipping fee"?

Grand_Moff_Joseph: I admire the man for his convictions and his desire to see better days for his native land.

The book mentioned in TFA, however, was boring as all hell. Having it as required reading in HS didn't help matters either.


/cliff notes ftw

Really? I had to read it a couple times and I couldn't put it down. The pacing was a little uneven, but I thought it was a great book. Just out of curiosity, what sort of book do you find interesting?

SwiftFox: My favorite was the one pleading that I take the millions lest they, by law, be turned over to the "United Nations Fund to promote war in Africa and the World in General".

Call me a warmonger.

I'd almost have to send them five bucks for that laugh.