# I finally got the Nigerian scam e-mail!  Wooo!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-the-nigerian-scam-e-mail-wooo/223556>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 9, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-the-nigerian-scam-e-mail-wooo/223556 "2004-01-09T02:26:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-the-nigerian-scam-e-mail-wooo/223556/21 "2004-01-26T06:05:55Z")

</div>

The first time I got one of those emails (it was from a country other than Nigeria), not knowing it was a scam, I emailed the country’s permanent mission to the United Nations asking if the name of the sender of the email was familiar to them. I felt so proud to be able to beat crime by notifying the country of such a fraudulent attempt. I was so ready to help them put their deposed leader’s next of kin in jail for trying to rob the country.

Never heard back from them.

Some time later, I told my father, who explained the scam to me. Nice way to deflate a guy. 😉

WRS

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-the-nigerian-scam-e-mail-wooo/223556/22 "2004-01-26T15:14:22Z")

</div>

I received an email notification only last night that I had just one 1,000,000 Euros. Sadly, in a fit of cynicism, I went and told them to go forth and multiply. Who knows but what it might have been genuine, and someone might really have entered me into a free lottery in which a mere _share_ of the _third_ prize would have been a megaBrussel (or whatever the term is)? How will I ever live with myself if it turns out I was wrong? :rolleyes:

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-the-nigerian-scam-e-mail-wooo/223556/23 "2004-01-26T15:17:04Z")

</div>

“won” :smack:

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-the-nigerian-scam-e-mail-wooo/223556/24 "2004-01-26T16:10:13Z")

</div>

Here’s the scam according to Snopes:

[http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm](http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm)

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-the-nigerian-scam-e-mail-wooo/223556.md?page=1)