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2003-12-30 Britain

al-Guardian writer falls for Nigerian scam; blames Bush-really

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Posted by mhw 2003-12-30 9:42:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Tim Blair had this one last week. Still, it's ROTF funny!

Posted by Raj 2003-12-30 9:49:23 AM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-12-30 9:49:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Excuse me! Al Bore did the internet thingie IIRC.

DORF

Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-30 11:19:58 AM|| 2003-12-30 11:19:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Iowahawk had a contest for writing Nigerian letters to this woman.

Here's the link

Posted by Charles 2003-12-30 12:02:58 PM|| 2003-12-30 12:02:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like she needs the word STUPID tattooed across her forehead.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-30 12:03:47 PM|| 2003-12-30 12:03:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Honest to G*d people, how dumb can you be? For the last three years, I empty two or three of these a day out of my junk in-box! The instant I see the word "Nigeria", out it goes! This scam has been their most famous export since bloody forever, and Little Miss Toynbee is just now catching on? Sheesh, how clueless do you have to be to work at a newspaper these days?

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2003-12-30 12:36:10 PM|| [www.sgtstryker.com] 2003-12-30 12:36:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 ...it is hardly surpising they absorbed some of the Texan oil values

So it's Bush's fault she's a friggin' idiot?

Posted by tu3031 2003-12-30 1:11:09 PM|| 2003-12-30 1:11:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 B-a-R

It sounds like it's already tattooed there...

Posted by Fred 2003-12-30 1:11:49 PM|| 2003-12-30 1:11:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 What was Pollyâs reason for sending money in response to the Nigerian letter? Iâve received these letters and the ones that I have seen promise millions to the person who sends a token amount to the letter writer. It seems that oil companies arenât the only ones motivated my profit.

Posted by Dan Canaveral 2003-12-30 3:04:53 PM|| 2003-12-30 3:04:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 You have to read her article, the U.S. and in particular Presidient Bush are responsible for this. BTW I got these emails way back in the early 1990s, does that mean Al Gore invented Email fraud too? Polly blame your teachers, parents, or yourself for YOUR stupidity.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-12-30 3:35:00 PM|| 2003-12-30 3:35:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Not only is she stupid, she's also an idiot. IIRC, most of the Nigerian oil exploration has been carried out by British Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell. Have these companies also "absorbed some of the Texan oil values that now rule the White House"?

Even the Guardian should be able to do better than this.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-30 11:02:41 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-30 11:02:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 OK -- even this librul Democrat will agree that this writer is a dumb bitch and deserved to get scammed--and I REALLY believe Bush wasn't to blame LOL Happy New Year!

Posted by NotMike Moore 2003-12-31 9:07:07 PM|| 2003-12-31 9:07:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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