July 12, 2004
Ministry of Silly Links
Pretty darn funny.
Frustrated by all those ridiculous emails from Nigeria stating "My name is Dr. Joseph Treance, I need $10,000 to claim $66 billion in Nigerian gold bullion," some have decided to fight back...
... by wasting the con-artists' time. They con the con artists by promising to send money, then coming up with ridiculous reasons for not sending it.
Be warned, the article isn't as funny as the opening paragraph promises. If so many people are doing this, it's strange that there are so few funny exchanges.
Still, I like the idea of stringing along these guys. I hate those Nigeria emails.
posted by Ace at 02:34 PM