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June 12, 2003 7:12 PM Subscribe
Like most Nigerians, you're probably finding that it's increasingly difficult to earn a decent living from email. That's why you need to attend the 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference.
I don't know. The concept sounded funny when it was forwarded to me today, but as I read on it just seemed more needlessly cruel than anything else.
Of course, the email scams are ripe for comedy, but I jsut think it could be done better.
posted by Kafkaesque at 9:38 PM on June 12, 2003
Of course, the email scams are ripe for comedy, but I jsut think it could be done better.
posted by Kafkaesque at 9:38 PM on June 12, 2003
The Nigerian Advance-Fee Scam (aka 419 scam, after the Nigerian criminal code statute) just plain works far too often for me to feel sorry. Cruel is scamming the unwary out of billions; at least one estimate pegs it Nigeria's second largest industry after oil.
I have found recent Iraq-themed variants interesting, particularly one invoking persecution of "fellow" Christians as the emotional hook.
posted by dhartung at 11:50 PM on June 12, 2003
I have found recent Iraq-themed variants interesting, particularly one invoking persecution of "fellow" Christians as the emotional hook.
posted by dhartung at 11:50 PM on June 12, 2003
I was amused for the most part, but thought the 3rd world running water/flushing toilet humor was out of line.
The Dubya version is brilliant, if a tad outdated now.
posted by O9scar at 8:44 AM on June 13, 2003
The Dubya version is brilliant, if a tad outdated now.
posted by O9scar at 8:44 AM on June 13, 2003
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