June 9, 2006
The Latest 419 Fun!
My friend has been handling this one, so I have not been posting it, but I have jumped on board, so let me get you up to speed...
Typical deal. Lots of money. No one to claim it. Blah blah blah. Joel (my friend) leads them on, telling them that he is a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist. Tries to engage them in a discussion on the Book of Mormon, assuring them that "even you Africans are people now, too" and asking completely asinine questions about Africa.
So, Lisa, the alleged contact, keeps on, and gets to the point where she needs $6,500 wired to her. Joel stays goofy, and explains all these ways he can get the money. As soon as the 419er sniffs a buck, you can tell all reason goes out the window, and the writing style crumbles (this always happens. A very exitable lot these 419ers).
Anyway, Joel has been on the verge of sending the money for a couple of weeks, and Lisa is getting positively frantic.
So, dear reader, let's pick up with Joel to Lisa:
Lisa:
Some land agents I know said that they could get the cash for us if we cut
them in on the deal. Should I have them send you a personal check, or what?
I don't want them to send cash. What if the envelope tore and all of the
cash came out?! The post office probably wouldn't deliver it. I imagine that
the African postal workers are shifty and dishonest, but I could be wrong.
Even American postal workers would probably postpone their plans on coming
in to work with a gun if they saw cash spilling out of an envelope. No sir,
cash in the mail is a very bad idea.
Do you have zebras where you live?
Joel
AND Lisa to Joel:
The funds could be sent by western union money transfer,or
money gram these is the fastest way to send money world wideso it is easy
for us,the land agents want big share of the money how do we do that,how
much do the need just borrow the money from them,and say you pay back in
1week time,so we get these money all for us,so now try and get the funds and
send it through western union money transfer so we could finalize the
transaction by these new week and no that we are done and we share the funds
50/50,so my dear joel make your possible best to send the money before
tuesday by western union.