Latest responses to “Nigerian 419 Scams and Spam Emails Are Funny But They Make Me Paranoid” Copyright 2013, MoneyBlueBook.com 443320 2010-02-24T02:04:32-08:00 Maluzha It is apparent that people that get scammed can open and read e-mails but they do not think logically. How can one possibly think that he has won or can share millions of dollars from someone he/she doesnt know? You have never won any prize money in lotto or coloring competition in school but you expect to get millions just by opening your e-mail! I am from an African country Zimbabwe and I am proud of that. There are no such scams from Zimbabwe. Nigerian scammers operate from different countries and labelling such countries as bad business partners is unfortunate. I say to all people not necessarily Americans wake up never expect to win millions of $$$ from someone you do not know at all.Never trust anyone apart from your mother if you are male and father if you are female. Stop forwarding jokes or good biblical messages to your relatives and people who send them to you coz u are only giving these scammers your friends' and familys' e-mail addresses. 443290 2009-04-23T08:30:46-07:00 Olu I must say that the article is well detailed BUT I would advice the person writing to be very cautious with irresponsible language used to generalise an entire country. Nigerians vary from region to region and most people are not aware of that fact. Its the mess the British left behind thats haunting the rest of the world. Having said that, there is no excuse for crime and I do not condone it in any form BUT it does take a greedy person to fall for one of these stupid letters promising sugar candy mountain with a little investment. I support the proposal that both the victim and the guilty parties in such circumstances should be punished. Then we may have less of this stupid acts being successful. Why would you send money to someone YOU DO NOT KNOW!!!!!!! Think of it.... 443310 2009-02-23T06:39:36-08:00 Onyi unfortunately I can't just leave this blog without putting in my two cents about this 419 scammers bit. "That is why the U.S. is such a great country. Despite our over-lawyered and lawsuit-happy society, we have a perfected legal system that ensures legal disputes have a forum to be heard and resolved. Scammers and spammers have a much more difficult time operating their illegal craft here in this country." FOR REAL?!??? Has anyone heard of Madoff or Stanford? <That was a rhetorical question but if you haven't then google them with fraud after their names. Its a good thing the US has an impressive legal system huh! Decades worth of fraud, billions of dollars lost for large institutions and ordinary individuals but yes, its a good thing that legal system is up and running! People won't be able to get their money back but YES its a good thing that legal system is up and running. Please, jump off your high horse and see the bigger picture. Also thank you for showing the colors of a true American. While I can understand that spam messages are just too much of a hassle in a busy American life , these classic American fraudsters have stolen more, and affected the American economy more than those 419 scammers have. The present day troubles of these third world countries started with the deleterious effects of colonialism. Even the commenters on this blog don't seem very educated...take the first one "Very information artcile. I did not realize Nigeria was an English speaking country and that's why scams can orginiate from there" Maybe I should do a run-down of every English speaking country and its connection to the Crown. Although, society has done well in educating you blokes about which countries to visit and which ones to stay away from. American society has raised you well! 443230 2009-02-14T04:41:45-08:00 charles this article is spot on, even if you are quite technically capable, some of these n-spam mails make you think. ok so in most cases you just look at the forwarding url or email address and then things become clear eg barclays.com which goes to barclays.a1.cn 443300 2009-01-10T22:44:55-08:00 John Maxen Can you give more details on this? 443260 2008-09-09T05:45:29-07:00 Konrad hello everyone, living in the United Kingdom, I am just wondering how it is possible or if it is possible for the guys who have been scammed by the nigerians to take out big sums of money from their bank accounts to return it to the scammers before the cheque is cleared, anyone working in a bank on here who knows? And why the banks dont set up better protection for their costumers if that really is possible? ANY GUYS WORKING IN A BANK ON HERE? 443280 2008-08-16T07:51:08-07:00 Tad Why would anyone fall for this ? Nothing in life is free 443270 2008-08-01T00:19:02-07:00 John I love baiting 419 scammers and them writing reports about them. If you want, you can write a review on the individual at Review Page (link). Go to that website and click "Write People Review". It's one of the few websites where you can actually "Review People". 443250 2008-07-10T03:17:27-07:00 Raymond Hi Mat, Thanks for dropping by! Sorry if what I wrote seemed offensive. I'm just trying to protect my readers based on what I've been exposed to. I have no personal prejudices...it's just purely economical and business related reasons that I advise against dealing with people from certain countries. I hope Bulgaria and Romania's introduction into the EU will help encourage better system controls and further development of their legal systems. Big corporations have ways to deal with corruption and illegal activities, but small time amateur business types like myself often get ripped off by unscrupulous online scammers. Oftentimes we have to generalize and take extra precautions, even if that means we have to be extra picky or over discerning. For what it's worth, Eastern Europe isn't as bad as Africa or South East Asia on this matter.... 443240 2008-07-10T03:01:40-07:00 MAT Hi Ray, Thanks for your nice website. Concerning this article, I just want to remind (tell) you that Romania and Bulgaria are now part of the european union and are not 'third world countries'. Even though Bulgaria seems to face a lot of corruption problems they both have (and especially romania) a fairly good legal system. I understand you prefer to deal with people from your own country but please be careful of the sometimes too easy stereotypes. Please continue to give us nice info on this blog. Mat