I can't believe the boys I say are my adolpted sons.One fron Lagos,two are in Accra,Ghana
I have sent some money,although I'm in a wheelchair and don't have lots.
Anyway I could find out if they are scammers?
Ann Gillikin

It's about time someone does a story on this!

Hey, no fair! We scam, we don't get scammed.

My son, a UT graduate who has large loans, fell for the Nigerean enticement...but he somehow found out it was a fraud right away and notified his bank. The cancelled his account and told him he could never have a bank account with them again. Even though he was the one that notified them right away and saved them the loss!!!

I have also been getting these same type of emails out of Britain. Maybe this should be your next targets to expose.

Good Job!

You mean there is someone left on earth that still falls for the Nigerian email scam?

A post above says it all -

"No, Mr. Premo, it wasn't "absolutely brilliant". You're just a moron."

I have always followed the advice "If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is." Who could be stupid enough to fall for those "Wo is me" pitches? And their pitches are so lame on top of that. So hard to believe that they can't possibly be true. These scams have been around for years and have been noted on the news. And people are still falling for these scams? As the guy above said. "A fool and his money are soon parted!" If someone is that greedy or stupid well then they deserve what they get. I am glad the Nigerian's are starting to get their dollars chopped! I received many of those emails in the past. But never fell for them and now I have spam/scam blocker so emails like that do not even reach my inbox or junk mail anymore.

One week I won the international lottery, found out a long lost relative left me millions, and had 3 deposed rulers try to give me their hidden assets! If anyone falls for these scams it is because they were all trying to get something for nothing.

LOL.... the Bard himself could not have crafted a more perfect tale of irony, blood, betrayal, and POETIC JUSTICE.

Scammers from Africa using faith to steal from the people who used faith to put George W Bush in office so he could use faith to steal oil and gas from Iraq's secular government.

These Churches, along with everyone who supported Bush in 2000 and 2004, deserve to lose every penny. I hope the scammers find a new approach so they can keep taking back what's been stolen from the world's colored people by Americans of "faith".

Looks like Christians have been duped yet again! The last scammers name was GW Bush.

I only WISH I had the gall of men like L.Ron Hubbard, Jimmy Swaggart, Oral Roberts, and the plucky lil' Nigerians! All were made wealthy by the shear stupidity of a decent % of the populice. We are surrounded by morons.. is it really that immoral to fleece them?? Please so no so I can put together a plan.

Like no atheist has ever fallen for one of these. Lot of hatred and bigotry shown here towards religious people and republicans. Shows that many democrats/atheists are a an intolerant people.

Why do people fall for these scams?

In a nutshell, it is human nature, and scammers who are very good at what they do. Scammers prey upon a victim's lack of expertise coupled with a willingness to believe. It's impossible for most of us to be an expert on everything from international banking laws to lottery regulations to legal documents to the role of a diplomatic courier. We make a habit of deferring judgment to those who seem better qualified, such as the doctor who dignoses your illness or the mechanic who fixes your transmission. When a scammer who claims to be a barrister, banker or diplomat confidently presents what appear to be genuine legal documents and arguments, it can be very convincing.

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OK, had to get that out of my system. This way to the Great Egress, of your wallet that is. Silly christians. Karma sure is rough when it comes back around.

What a bunch of mean-spirited posters. Is this what NOT going to church produces? At least the church-goers are trying to improve themselves.

Yes, these people are naive, but be careful. I'm sure that there are many stupid things that we all do - we're just fortunate that they aren't all so public.

its a sad thing that these scammers are using the innovative mass use of computers in nigeria for scam. but however this criminals count for less than a percent of the nigerian 150 million population. they are all a result of the economic breakdown, if this abc reportes are brilliant i suggest they ask the efcc in nigeia to contact the internet corporations in nigeria for phishing out these scammers. the succeful scammers have their own computers in their house. these ones in the cybercafe are newbies.

You know people fall on hard times, offers that seem to good to be true usually are. Churches have always been places people have felt you can go to for help, help of all different kinds dependent upon your religion.

The scammer or 419'rs of Nigerian descent feel it is their right in most cases to steal from stupid americans, yes thats what they think we are.

Greed or thinking that they have just won some incredible luck in their lives is what draws them into the scam.

It is not a racial thing at all, it is that the nigerian government is as crooked at the thieves that sit in internet cafe's and pray on the unsuspecting.

I joined a group 7 months ago, that go after scammers in a big way, yes we get them arrested, yes we track them down and have them prosecuted. The Nigerians are heartless and it can happen to anyone, your church, your Doctor, your Mother, your Father, your Best Freind, so before you ultimately judge why someone fell for it.... Just think, it could have been you.

Ann Gillikin, you should probably try to give money to a credible organization, not just random strangers. You could be funding criminals. Please reconsider your donations. Especially with your limited funds and being in a wheelchair.

Her princes have judged for bribes: and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come among us.
Micah 3:11

I probably got more than a 100 of these emails. I didn't believe the first one. I deleted right away. To say that this is "brilliant" is dumb. This is not brilliant at all. I feel sorry for the accountant and the church as they'll have other problems in life.

Well, I am glad that some people realize that only a thief will allow themselves to be caught in this kind of act. If someone tells you of a huge amount of money that you did not work for is waiting to be claimed in a place you are not sure of what does this mean to you? However, you are interested in, is that not enough to say wait a minute who has this money. It is unfortunate that this story will receive alot of attention because the church is invloved. But, oh well, there are scammers everywhere. It is only sad that this gives Nigerians a bad name. There are people from all over the world that go to Nigeria to scam them of their wealth, who will report that.