Nigeria Scam, Again

[catcul]

I received an email that claimed that I should contact a barrister in Nigeria to stop 23 people from stealing my money. This is a common scam, but that's not what got my attention. Apparently, the person that contacted me was named Loretta Lynn, a 33-year-old woman in Florida. I think it's hilarious that she shares her name with a well known member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

I Googled the address "Loretta lynn" [sic] provided. You'll be shocked (SHOCKED, I say) to find out that Google directed me to many anti-fraud sites.

[MoonCat]

Ha, love it. I once got one from "Hosni Mubarak" himself....not

[Gilhelmi]

WHO DARES TAKE THE NAME OF LORETTA LYNN IN VAIN!!??!! *grabs pitchforks and pitch*

I am a fan of classical country music. I love Loretta's songs.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I got a Nigerian businessman letter a little while ago. I didn't even realise those were still in circulation. But my favourite spam email was the one informing me that I drove my car at speed thru a toll booth in America. I can't drive, and I live in England and have never even been to America. XD

[Kit-Ginevra]

Once got a frantic email from a friend who had been 'caught up in the riots in Ukraine,and had no passport and no money left to get home.' Odd,as we'd only sent her to the kitchen to make a cup of tea...

[Deserted]

I once got the classic 419 scam in my email. I just hunted down the appropriate FBI email address to forward it to and sent it their way.

[Lace Neil Singer]

This guy decided to troll the spammers. XD {NOT SAFE FOR WORK!}Ditto this guy.

[mjr]

WHO DARES TAKE THE NAME OF LORETTA LYNN IN VAIN!!??!! *grabs pitchforks and pitch*

I am a fan of classical country music. I love Loretta's songs.

I have a station set up on "The Box You're Not Supposed To Open" that plays a lot of "older" country...and older style Country.

It's great. I get to listen to people I'm familiar with, like Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, Sr., as well as people that are new to me, like Wayne "The Train" Hancock.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Hey, maybe it was just a Louisiana woman looking for her Mississippi man.

[Teefies2]

I got an email from a woman in Kenya informing that, sadly <g>, my sister had died. The good news was that she left 1.5 million dollars! Whoo Hoooo!

[Deserted]

Boy, if it was my sister, my first question would be, "Where the hell did she get that much money, and why am I getting it instead of her husband and 3 kids?"

[Seanette]

Mine would be "Since when do I have a sister?"

[Lace Neil Singer]

Mine would be "Since when do I have a sister?"

Mine too. XD

And of course, the chain letter with "Send me money or you will die." Nope, not dead yet. XD

[Ironclad Alibi]

I got an email from a woman in Kenya informing that, sadly <g>, my sister had died. The good news was that she left 1.5 million dollars! Whoo Hoooo!

(In the finest tradition of Monty Python.)

Australian, Bruneian, Canadian, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Trinidadian or US dollars?

[wolfie]

Confederate dollars - since as the currency of a defunct country, they are worthless as money, and only carry their value as a historical artifact. In $1 bills, since that many would "tank" the value of Confederate $1 bills as historical artifacts, making them truly worthless.