Nigerian Scam
Categories: Ethics/Morals
The Prince needs just 5 grand from you to unlock a million dollars housed for him by the royal family in the Caymans, Maurititious, Monaco or Switzerland...or somewhere equally, um, what’s the politically correct word? Secretive? Is that okay to say in this era? Yes...secretive.
In 2010, hundreds of millions of emails of this ilk were sent to addresses all over the world. We’re guessing that 25 trusting elderly people actually fell for the scam, wired the 5 grand, and then never got their half of the million. Greedy people? Do we feel bad for them for trying to turn 5 grand into 500 grand in a week? Or do we pity them for being naive?
And you’d wonder why the President of Nigeria didn’t proactively diss this mass activity, which made his country seem even more...secretive than it already is. Okay, they’re just corrupt. Nigeria and Somalia and Chad seem to duke it out every year for Most Corrupt Country. Nigeria probably was only silver or bronze during these years, as Somalia had that whole pirate thing going for them.
Anyway, given the mass popularity of this scam and its role being laughed about on late night comedy shows, does this now make any westerners want to invest their hard-earned money in the Nigerian stock market? No takers? Really? We’re shocked. Yeah.
Actions --> Consequences.