
By Will Sturgeon
Published: Tuesday 18 February 2003
From the onstart of receiving these Nigerian e-mai...
Anonymous
I have recieved this email twice now. Who can I r...
Anonymous
I have been reciving e-mails from Frank for 3 week...
Katrina King
Have a look at www.scamorama.com or quatloos.com a...
Liam Cummins
This was absolutely great, and comical. The scamme...
Michelle Davis
To the people complaining about email scams:
DU...
Anonymous
Well, I don't know how long they got when they wer...
Anonymous
Hi recently suffered from Nigerian Scam, albeit sl...
Anonymous
Nice work Will.
Your article provides a wonder...
George Grubar
i am currently getting e-mail from the nigerian pe...
kim
Fight back everyone and shut them down... We shou...
Anonymous
If it looks too good to be true, it is!
Martin
New stunt is buy car for overseas shipment, send e...
Martin
There was a shooting incident in my country, some ...
Vaclav Kabat
YES. I am receiving this type of email almost ever...
Ondra K.
Mr. Sturgeon,
Thanks for the letter. I get cou...
David Swisher
I read the article by Will Sturgeon and it saved m...
Elizabeth Breitbach
How could anyone possibly be taken in by such blat...
Phil Knight
Would it not be an interesting idea to send these ...
istara
Really interesting article! Well done! Entertainin...
mikey hall
Hate 2 say it, but I fell 4 the Nigerian scam.... ...
Tim
I wrote back saying that first, they needed to sen...
Anonymous
I need some serious help!!! I fell for the scam! I...
Anonymous
Last thing I read about this scam is that they are...
Anonymous
i was on net received reply sold goods received u...
beven turner
I am currently in dealings with these guys who wan...
Ryan
I feel so sad when I read such mails.I am a Nigeri...
Franklin Osugo
I worked for the NPRC at Port Harcourt. I always b...
vdberg
hi all,
nice comment. keep the work
aff dan
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545
This is a rare fake bank, I got it on 22nd March a...
Old Coaster
you guys, it's a pity what is going on, and i defi...
frankie
Thank you all for this website. I was very close ...
Sam
I too have been enjoying ***'ing with these guys. ...
maxyBB
I just received a email from barrister jame tango,...
Anonymous
i am dealing with a man as i speak right now who c...
wendy
I got an email from those scammers, and replied I ...
Lex
I have recieved the Next to Kin spam How can I rep...
Anonymous
I received two very similar Nigerian e-mails from ...
Anonymous
I have received the Next of Kin scam also. What d...
Anonymous
Yahoo, Msn, icq, aim, aol and all other email/mess...
dj
You can send / forward copies of all suspected int...
Anonymous
I have also played a variation of your game with t...
Ed Reuther
I expressed unbridled delight at the unexpected an...
Anonymous
On 27th May and 16th June I was "lucky" enough to ...
Anonymous
we have recived a letter from a akin musa telling ...
dann busby
I'll admit, I almost fell for this myself. Anyone ...
Kyla Curry
I'm playing with a next of kin stand in scam now a...
Anonymous
And now 5 more people have been arrested in the Ne...
Anonymous
Lately I have had correspondence from the son of a...
Anonymous
Swallow your pride and report everything to the po...
Merav
It seems these nigerian scammers now are keen to b...
Anonymous
My wife and I fell victim to one of these car scam...
Anonymous
I must say I thoroughly enjoyed your account of th...
Patricia Lawhorn
I have been receiving these emails for quite some ...
Jess
Yeah shut these damn people down as they piss peop...
Anonymous
Get these mails on a regular basis, and have had a...
Anonymous
When I recieve Nigerian Scam email, I enjoy fillin...
Eddie Love
has anyone had an offer to purchase something they...
Anonymous
Oh, my gosh...I almost laughed my face off! This i...
Peipei Ming
Hi Eveybody,
I think I'm traped already with this...
Anonymous
Poverty, an unstable economy, corrupt leadership a...
Valentine Osugo
I just received an email from the wife of a recent...
Rex Iwaskow
Same thing with festinhasbrasil dot com using my s...
Anonymous
I actually received a phone call from a man with a...
Anonymous
I have talked with one on several occasions. His ...
De Shan Baptiste
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ben markos
Another scam I've encountered occurs when you bid ...
Anonymous
Excellent documentation and very amusing!
Toddzy
I forward all these letters to
[419fcd@mai...
Anonymous
do a search "nigerians using ip relay" and find ou...
Anonymous
I almost fell for 2 scams.Lillian muzazah. lilianm...
Anonymous
I got an email from a Mr Stephen Koseff from South...
Anthony Heraghty
nigerian tried to scam me too!! very similar story...
Anonymous
USA residents can file a complaint here: http://ww...
Anonymous
your scam stories are nice knowing that you will b...
Anonymous
I have been getting numerous emails from "Akin Mus...
Theresa
How big of a moron do you have to be to fall for t...
Anonymous
I have received 2 different emails pertaining to t...
Chaunta C Young
I am a serious unfortunate ignorant victim of a "f...
Anonymous
I've receive literally DOZENS of these little "cha...
Anonymous
To Theresa and Chaunta C Young: The solution: Just...
Anthony Heraghty
I have received an E.mail from MEGA GLOBAL INTERNA...
Anonymous
Hi, i am a norwegian man who have recieved these m...
Mikkelsen
I just got my first Nigerian e-mail.
It's from Ma...
Anonymous
Just sharing
I thought someone may get a laugh o...
Nikki
I have been getting these e-mails at the rate of 3...
Anonymous
Im in the process of having alot of fun with these...
Anonymous
What happens when you reply? FOR SALE-SAUNA HEATER...
Anonymous
I receved one of thes scam Emails my self. It is ...
Ron Rice
Oh well done!
Like many people I receive 2 or 3 o...
Anonymous
I am a nigeria living in new york..i must tell you...
olorunwa
those who responded back to the mail
hoping to g...
delroy jones
Well, this is so damn bazaar! I've been intouch wi...
Anonymous
Hello, I may need help. I was not aware of some of...
Anonymous
i get loads of theese mails every day . just delet...
Linda
Mr. Sturgeon,
Cudos in your persistence and ded...
Anonymous
i have a twist to this scam. i had someone contact...
Anonymous
I received an email from Madu on 8th April. He is...
Murray Whyte
I have received 2 emails this week, both claiming ...
Litara
I love it when they get some of their own medicine...
Kimberly
Can't we scam the scammers. Once a cashiers cheque...
Hugh Grant
To the guy who has been talking the this young lad...
Anonymous
I responded to the next of kin email.
I asked him...
Linda Parker
Never mind that one, what about the russians? I'v...
David Thorley
That letter is great made me laugh a few times. I ...
Mr Maldu (lol)
Have fun with the crooks.
They said that my unc...
Anonymous
when a stupid man walks be shore that someone is r...
7dar
Oh my god! you are friggin hilarious...that was aw...
Nathan Okami McConnell
Hello people. I am sooo surprised to see all the ...
P. Chao
how can i help shut these people down?
annette
One of my friends baits them and sends them lots o...
Shane
I have also been a victim. Similar the story that...
Anonymous
HI im Aaron Ive Been going along with a next of ki...
Aaron Boyd
heay most of these things are not from nigeria, i ...
Anonymous
I love whoever wrote this!! You are witty and grea...
ferret925
I believe this thing only works because of greed. ...
Amanda Miracle
WOW, this was great to read, glad you wasted there...
Jay
Wow! I loved this article, you really went way int...
Kimberley
Excellent story, and I appreciate the sence of hum...
K.M.
I have recieved one of these emails to me so I che...
Anonymous
ref nigerian scam, i recently retired but last yea...
Anonymous
A great story. Thanks for sharing! I get tempted ...
Anonymous
i recieved almost the exact same letter the names...
Anonymous
I have a nice collection of emails, so-and-so has ...
Sharon Grant
How these nigerian scammers get emails?
Anonymous
Has anyone ever run into the Nigerians who want yo...
Amy Lagud
these things are hilarious. my 14 year old son is...
ken webb
MYMYMY:
I have received e-mails like this one and...
Beverly Franzke
Wow! How familiar! I went back and forth with a si...
Ron
Brilliant!
I was tempted to respond to our Nige...
Anonymous
I think, as Mr Sturgeon says, the most incredible ...
Anonymous
i save all of my nigerian scams which total about ...
Anonymous
This is what I told the last guy who ruined my auc...
Anonymous
BWAAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA
I'm laughing my ass ...
Dr Abdulla...give me moooooney
I received an E-MAIL from FRANK MADU stating that ...
Anonymous
WSe received the "deceased relative" scam and figu...
Anonymous
A similar email popped into my inbox. The person s...
Brijesh
A bit of amusement on a Saturday afternoon; I've o...
Anonymous
I am very impress with the way you handled this gu...
Anonymous
Wow i could have not done better my self, play the...
Anonymous
WOW, you are my hero!! I was laughing the whole t...
Anonymous
I have been receiving these messages by snail mail...
kumar
Man, you really got that scammer. I would have lo...
Anonymous
I managed to send a scammer to his Western Union b...
Anonymous
Ohh.. I think messing with the scammers is great f...
Amy
On slow days I advise the scammer that I have "hel...
Anonymous
That was great!!!!! I get them all the time, makes...
Angela Doyle
Your communications made interesting reading. I, ...
Kenneth Edwards
This one of the finest of investigative journalis...
Anonymous
hahahahaha
That was definately worth reading. Sir...
wolfcry
i was once asked for money from a woman with no le...
Anonymous
They are many of a kind. What I found out is that ...
Anonymous
Funniest thing I have ever read. Thanks for the l...
Ashley
I've always dreamt to do that but never had the gu...
nick
This is the most fantastic article that I have rea...
Anonymous
Thank you for a very nice column about what happen...
the Oracle
This is an excellent article, I about cried from ...
Heather
For more entertaining reading, check out 419eater....
Anonymous
You would think that the effort and marginal intel...
Anonymous
While I delight in your verbal cat and mouse with ...
Cpt Pugwash
This is fantastic! - I have received dozens of sim...
Jo Elliott
welll done that was an absolutly brilliant idea i...
Marco Forte
This is too funny, I know you loved messing with h...
Stephanie
ha ha....I had a good laugh. I tried the same thin...
Anonymous
When given the new contact number of the Bank offi...
Anonymous
My elderly mother in law recently received a lette...
Anonymous
This is such a funny article. Gave me quite a few...
Natasha
Right on! You rock! We need more people brave enou...
Anonymous
Hi Will,
I've received so many scams from Niger...
Frisco
This is great. I have been draggin one out for ov...
Anonymous
Wow -- can you say scambait? You are really good!...
Anonymous
I really enjoyed your nigerian scam story, I'm act...
Brian O
july 25 2009 i have also had this email, i would r...
Anonymous
I ran into a similar Nigerian scam, whereby they w...
Claude W.Cain III, PhD
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