Man Loses $150,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scammer

People falling for the Nigerian scam vindicate Darwin's theories on evolution. It's just a modern way of thinning the herd.

yup always a dummy some where

THIS GUY MUST BE BRAIN DEAD. AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY WENT ALONG WITH IT TOO ?????????

PWNED.

Bruce, I concur.

I've been sending emails back to these scammers with very rude and graphic language in the subject line. It doesn't seem to cut down the number of these emails, but I certainly feel better!

As for this fool, come on, pal. Use whatever passes for a brain in your head to weed out the crooks and crazies. It may sound cold, but he kind of got what he asked for!

I feel awful for this guy and his family but that was a very foolish thing to do.

i can't believe that someone fell for something so stupid. i get these emails all the time. and of course i respond. thank u for informing me of my good fortune but i do not deal with money over the internet. since u have my information please send me a written copy of this arrangement for my lawyers to look at. i haven't received any more of these scams. i hope that this man can somehow find out who did this and get his money back. but chances are he just learned a 150,000 dollar lesson.

Must have been desperate for a new infusion of cash. Too bad he didn't hit up Bernie Madoff, maybe he might still have some of his green left, he might have had a very tiny amount while Madoff was out buying a new copper pipe statue.

Being single i get emails from all these beautiful women telling me how they like my profile & they want to meet me **BUT** right now there in nigeria there grandmother or family member is sick then later on they tell me they want to marry me But dont have enough $ to get home & a airplane flight cost $2,000.00 if i help them they will stay with me forever lol lol. anyways i play the game.... BUT DONT SEND $$$ TO STRANGERS GET REAL.......

"Stupid is as Stupid does".

Well, I may not be the sharpest knife in the draw BUT according to the story the amounts add up $42,500. Where did aol get $150,000? Oh, Mr. Rempel here's you sign!!!!!!

I get these exact same emails, they send me a picture of a fedex package they will send if I wire them $285 to cover the insurance. I move the Tennessee from Miami and while I do not have any kind of southern accent I email the back about sending them a personal check. Which I would never do and they do not want.
But I so much fun trying to convince them I am just a good ol' country boy who is as good as his word......
Here is an example..It ticks them off to no end that I keep trying to send them a check.......
I gots an emails bout getting a package from yall, I was happy as a fly on biscit with honey on it to hear that. I lives in the great state of Tennessee and wants to know if'in yall delivers out in the contry where I's lives? If'in yall do, I cans send yall a persunal check right away fer the shippin fee I's ows ya. Plese lets me know where to sends the check. Its gotsta be a persunel chek cause I's jus cant gets to town like I's useta. We cuntry foke are honest as the day is long and we does everythin on a handshak. So yous dont hafta worry bout any funny bidness wit me. The good Lord sent this here money to me fer bein a good Christran and fer always tellin the truth. So plese call me or sends me youse address sois I cans send you that there chek. Thanks agin, and God bless ya.....Zeke

It seems like the author is scamming us with his bad math.
How does it add up to 150K?

I'm sorry this happened to this family but in a way he asked to be "duped". Was he a trusting person or a stupid person? His wife should not let him handle the family finances any longer:)

I can't believe this guy was smart enough to earn $150,000 and dumb enough to lose it in a scam like this. -- UNBELIEVEABLE!!

It must be the flight to London for his family and himself that compensates for the other $107,500!!! They neglected to mention they were flying in from Mars.

There is only ONE (1) REASON this guy got taken. HE'S A PIG, GREEDY AND LOOKING FOR AFREE RIFE. He deserves everything that happened and hsould consider himself lucky it was only 150. Despite the "Internation Law 419 " PROSECTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND his chances of collecting are virtually ZERO. There is always somebody out there looking and willing to participate in the Madoff type Ponzi Schemes or all these SCAMS from Nigeria, (they come from everywhere). THERE IS NO SAFE VERY HIGH YEILD HAVEN.

When I get a e-mail from these Nigerian sub-human freaks. I reply with a strong message, (that I must not print here)., These barbaric scum of the earth need to be nuked,...."PERIOD"....Of course that just my way to rid of trash,

That is what the sender is hoping for and it just proves PT Barnum correct what he said about suckers. One, just one and hopefully more but even just one moron falls for this and he made more than he would make at $7.15 an hour for the next 2 years 40 hours a week. He can stay home now and look for the next sucker{s}...
Why is that the low life, trashy, bottom feeders who mock the system keep sliding along and get away with everything and the honest law abiders mess up one time and get the shaft and sent up the river?