419 scammers are laughing at us

12 years ago

That's 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Stupid, boring and not at all in the
least entertaining.

As bad as the scammers themselves.

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socialentry 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

That's 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Stupid, boring and not at all in the
least entertaining.

As bad as the scammers themselves.

it actually made #1 on the hit list of nigeria, so clearly someone is thinking it is entertaining.

And that it is better then Rihanna
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- Steven Wagenheim 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by socialentry
  
  it actually made #1 on the hit list of nigeria, so clearly someone is thinking it is entertaining.
  
  And that it is better then Rihanna
  
  Of course it made #1 on the hit list of Nigeria. Duh!
  
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whland 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

That's 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Stupid, boring and not at all in the
least entertaining.

As bad as the scammers themselves.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

That song was definitely horrible and not entertaining.

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seasoned

12 years ago

magu is a word that could be translated many contrary ways. One meaning? SLAVE! CLEARLY, that is how it s meant here!

So they are playing a game! Lets play the game with torture, etc....

I mean look at many games today. They allow you to hunt down and kill!

Steve

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seasoned

12 years ago

BTW I think ALL support in ANY surrounding area should be ******STOPPED******! An EMBARGO should be placed on them even worse than the one we put on South Africa, ironically, that was done to HELP the blacks! Internet services should be CUT, BOTH WAYS! ALL financial companies should be forced to cut ties! PHONE LINES should be CUT! AIRLINES should be encouraged to REMOVE ROUTES!

NOT ONLY would their ability to get ANY info be SEVERELY curtailed, but their ability to USE it would be ALSO! Nigerians think they have problems NOW? Let's see how they do when the US, and potentially north america and europe, sever ties! IMAGINE! NO CREDIT! LESS MONEY! LESS INFRASTRUCTURE HELP! NO "magus"! NO ACCESS to many markets.

BTW this would cause deaths and a lot of crime to drop in the US ALSO.

For those that don't recall... we kind of get honorable mention here being one of the 1960s international community: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094918

Here is ONE famous act the US did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compreh...-Apartheid_Act

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Patrician

12 years ago

There are millions of honest Nigerians. These scammers have made it all but impossible for honest Nigerians to do business on the Internet.

As usual the rights of the many are harmed by the few miscreants - ok more than a few. What if we had an embargo on our country because of all the pedophiles, mass murderers, fraudsters, etc???? Fun?

It is not fair to paint everybody in Nigeria with the same brush as the crooks. The criminals in Nigeria are part of the darkness in this world and are no more or less guilty than any other criminals.

Somehow some Nigerians are able without benefit of Paypal to get major credit cards and do a little business online. We welcome them with open arms.

As for the 419 people, it would be too gross to tell you what I would like to do to them and hopefully they will be laughing out of the other side of their face one day along with the rest of the demonic filth.

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Kay King 12 years ago

I recently found this song on the internet:

You must have a lot of time to waste on YouTube....

And I don't believe it was a top song in Nigeria..except at the "callercenter" that sponsored it.
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12 years ago

Originally Posted by Patrician

As for the 419 people, it would be too gross to tell you what I would like to do to them and hopefully they will be laughing out of the other side of their face one day along with the rest of the demonic filth.

Don't forget that A LOT of these scammers are directly tied to Al-Qaeda and other equally nasty groups. Money laundering is their mission-critical job.

Many westerners have gone to Nigeria in search of revenge, and they usually end up being killed by their targets.

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seasoned

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Patrician

There are millions of honest Nigerians. These scammers have made it all but impossible for honest Nigerians to do business on the Internet.

You are probably right, but the CULTURE and GOVERNMENT support it! There is NOTHING really that the average american can do to them. If they even fly there, they could end up DEAD!

As usual the rights of the many are harmed by the few miscreants - ok more than a few. What if we had an embargo on our country because of all the pedophiles, mass murderers, fraudsters, etc???? Fun?

It HAS happened to many other countries. As I said, it happened to SOUTH Africa. South Africa is actually effectively a dutch colony.

It is not fair to paint everybody in Nigeria with the same brush as the crooks. The criminals in Nigeria are part of the darkness in this world and are no more or less guilty than any other criminals.

FUNNY! Nobody ever said that when I was hurt because I was male or white.

Somehow some Nigerians are able without benefit of Paypal to get major credit cards and do a little business online. We welcome them with open arms.

Well, I don't. If their culture and government SCREAM a demand to cheat us, maybe we should just scream back ******NO WAY*****!

As for the 419 people, it would be too gross to tell you what I would like to do to them and hopefully they will be laughing out of the other side of their face one day along with the rest of the demonic filth.

SAME HERE! We agree on THAT!

Steve

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kentah

12 years ago

I am not sure what your comments here betray more, your ignorance or your prejudice.
First, the artist who sang this song is also a successful Nigerian actor and his Name is Nkem Owoh (Nkem Owoh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

He has been acting since mid 80s. He often plays a Con artist in Nollywood films. This song was meant to be a soundtrack for Nollywood films.

The Nigerian culture supports stealing how? The main drivers of Nigeria's Economy are Oil and Nollywood.

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socialentry

12 years ago

Originally Posted by kentah

I am not sure what your comments here betray more, your ignorance or your prejudice.
First, the artist who sang this song is also a successful Nigerian actor and his Name is Nkem Owoh (Nkem Owoh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

He has been acting since mid 80s. He often plays a Con artist in Nollywood films. This song was meant to be a soundtrack for Nollywood films.

The Nigerian culture supports stealing how? The main drivers of Nigeria's Economy are Oil and Nollywood.

So I take it you are the one who voted "it is inspirational in its own way"?

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kentah 12 years ago

Originally Posted by socialentry

So I take it you are the one who voted "it is inspirational in its own way"?

What exactly do you mean?

Look this song is a sound track to a movie and the musician is also a performer in the same movie. He was simply playing a con artist.
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- seasoned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by kentah
  
  What exactly do you mean?
  
  Look this song is a sound track to a movie and the musician is also a performer in the same movie. He was simply playing a con artist.
  
  YEAH! Frank Abagnale was ALSO simply an actor! HECK! He didn't even play a conman! He played a POLICEMAN in a film ABOUT a conman! OH YEAH! That's right! The movie was ABOUT HIS LIFE AS A CONMAN! A guy that was likely one of the biggest reasons for checks being so complicated today!
  
  Frank Abagnale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Sometimes saying they were merely PLAYING doesn't cut it.
  
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seasoned

12 years ago

Originally Posted by kentah

I am not sure what your comments here betray more, your ignorance or your prejudice.
First, the artist who sang this song is also a successful Nigerian actor and his Name is Nkem Owoh (Nkem Owoh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

He has been acting since mid 80s. He often plays a Con artist in Nollywood films. This song was meant to be a soundtrack for Nollywood films.

The Nigerian culture supports stealing how? The main drivers of Nigeria's Economy are Oil and Nollywood.

I couldn't care if he wre a 5yo kidding! The fact that any such thing was said, etc.... is ENOUGH! They complicate prosecution, etc.... I have heard stories about people getting hurt. There IS a reason why it is called nigerian, etc.... BTW that is ALSO the reason why things like mercant accounts and credit sales are so hard. It has CONSISTENTLY been in the top twenty for fraud.

Steve

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seasoned

12 years ago

Originally Posted by kentah

I am not sure what your comments here betray more, your ignorance or your prejudice.
First, the artist who sang this song is also a successful Nigerian actor and his Name is Nkem Owoh (Nkem Owoh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

He has been acting since mid 80s. He often plays a Con artist in Nollywood films. This song was meant to be a soundtrack for Nollywood films.

The Nigerian culture supports stealing how? The main drivers of Nigeria's Economy are Oil and Nollywood.

I couldn't care if he wre a 5yo kidding! The fact that any such thing was said, etc.... is ENOUGH! They complicate prosecution, etc.... I have heard stories about people getting hurt. There IS a reason why it is called nigerian, etc.... BTW that is ALSO the reason why things like merchant accounts and credit sales are so hard. It has CONSISTENTLY been in the top twenty for fraud, for DECADES.

Steve

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kentah

12 years ago

Originally Posted by seasoned

I couldn't care if he wre a 5yo kidding! The fact that any such thing was said, etc.... is ENOUGH! They complicate prosecution, etc.... I have heard stories about people getting hurt. There IS a reason why it is called nigerian, etc.... BTW that is ALSO the reason why things like merchant accounts and credit sales are so hard. It has CONSISTENTLY been in the top twenty for fraud, for DECADES.

Steve

So you are saying that movies shouldn't have bad guyz coz it complicates policing? This is the most ridiculous thing I have heard in years.

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seasoned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by kentah

So you are saying that movies shouldn't have bad guyz coz it complicates policing? This is the most ridiculous thing I have heard in years.

Sorry, I should have grouped that better. I meant that the nigerian government complicates policing. They just don't seem to care! China is the same way about IP piracy, which is why THEY have the reputation of being the IP pirates of the world.

Steve
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kentah

12 years ago

From wikipedia

He is also known for performing the song "I Go Chop Your Dollar" about advance fee fraud. The song was featured in the film The Master in which Owoh plays a scammer.