# I just got a Nigerian-style scam via PM **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 26, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-style-scam-via-pm/569069 "2011-01-26T17:47:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-style-scam-via-pm/569069/21 "2011-01-26T21:48:18Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I got it, and by the time I was at a computer to report it he was already banned. > > I can’t believe there are people stupid enough to fall for this. well i responded and got my piece of the action. you folks are so cynical, it seems. if you would be kind enough to paypal me i will certainly assure you that you will get 1.5 x your “investment”. i will accept increments of $ 10,000. hurry. this sale won’t last forever. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-style-scam-via-pm/569069/22 "2011-01-26T22:54:38Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > No relation. I’ve seen some prices you’ve posted in the AH…are you sure? 😉 j/k! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-style-scam-via-pm/569069/23 "2011-01-26T22:55:11Z")
We haven’t done much in this department – we haven’t had to – you can only send to 5 people in a session at a time, so who would do something so tedious? ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-style-scam-via-pm/569069/24 "2011-01-27T00:57:15Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I am wondering what a Plan Crash is. See [Bernie Madoff](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff). ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-style-scam-via-pm/569069/25 "2011-01-27T03:31:27Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > We haven’t done much in this department – we haven’t had to – you can only send to 5 people in a session at a time, so who would do something so tedious? Possibly nobody who actually had to fill them out by hand. But it wouldn’t be too hard to write a bot to sign up to vBulletin boards, find usernames, and send out PMs. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-style-scam-via-pm/569069/26 "2011-01-28T21:02:57Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think several of us [moderators] would have lost our minds. Cite that this hasn’t happened regardless. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-style-scam-via-pm/569069/27 "2011-01-28T22:43:38Z")
We always insist on a psychiatric report on all mod applications. We need proof that the applicants are, indeed, already crazy. For legal purposes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-style-scam-via-pm/569069/28 "2011-01-28T23:34:30Z")
You don’t have liability if it’s a pre-existing condition? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-nigerian-style-scam-via-pm/569069.md?page=1)