— I’ve noticed an increase in Nigerian spam recently. Bienvenue sur Emmanuelle.net has the lowdown:
Merci bien, Yves. En fait, je d?couvre que l’excellent site Hoaxbuster a recens? diff?rentes arnaques africaines en fran?ais. Aux Etats-Unis, les internautes ont une certaine affection pour les messages nig?riens. Le site Snopes a rassembl? un dossier complet.
Check it out if you’re into Urban Legends. In related news, the old saw about Bill Gates giving you money if you forward junk e-mail is still around — I got it from one of my starving children yesterday.
This one is from Senegal, but it’s
the same idea. It’s a funny site, as it includes all the communications between the U.S. and Senegal.
It’s amazing that this Nigerian Scam has been going on since the 80s, and it’s estimated to be one of the top 5 industries in Nigeria. They started off with letters, moved to fax when it became the thing, and now they’re on spam. The Secret Service has an agent doing nothing but trying to reclaim money from dumb Americans duped by it.
Those letters were lovely, BTW.
Que bueno. Now I’m literate in two languages.
Sorry, saw the French and couldn’t resist.
El Presidente blew that joke – it’s supposed to be “now I’m illiterate in two languages.”
He didn’t misunderestimate his audience, however.