# Interesting offer... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719 "2009-12-10T13:40:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719/21 "2009-12-10T16:43:53Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > Better yet, why don’t you go ahead and forward it to everyone in your contact list? I’m sure they’ll also appreciate the opportunity. I’m pretty sure this Lawyer would file any such action as “kidding around”, something He clearly instructed the OP not to do. A deal like this is not something that Lawyer is just going to throw to the wind for any random fool to capitalize on. That’s simply not smart business. He specifically contacted the OP no doubt after research indicated him to be an ideal partner for non-illicit trans-national business trading. Mark my words, all forwarding this offer on to third parties will accomplish is costing the OP 3.5 million dollars. The offer will be withdrawn. How about limiting the financial advice to coming from Lawyers like Dominique Wetego, and not jealous schmucks like you. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719/22 "2009-12-10T17:19:32Z")
I was walking the streets of Vancouver last week and a disheveled gentleman on a mountain bike rode past, circled and yelled : “Do ya wanna buy a mountain bike? Forty dollars! Its not stolen!.” I merely point this out as another example of honest people working hard to overcome our cynicism. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719/23 "2009-12-10T17:24:34Z")
I hate to break it to you but this is a scam for sure. I participated in one almost exactly like it three years ago. I did everything they asked to the letter and only ended up with $2 million before they took off. I never did collect that last $1.5 million and assume I will never see it. There is no way I am going through days worth of work for a mere $2 million ever again. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719/24 "2009-12-10T17:55:57Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > Also, look into his family. I’d be wary of dealing with anyone whose parents named their son “Dominique.” Could have caused some long-term mental issues, y’know. How do you know it’s a son? :dubious: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719/25 "2009-12-10T18:00:57Z")
> [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](#): > > Just checking - really - but you’re aware that there’s nothing absurd about that idea? The idea that 3/4 if the people that you see are dumber than average? My head just a’sploded. That would make realy smart people significantly bigger freaks than pretty stupid people cuz they are bending the curve. It’s time to separate into subspecies. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719/26 "2009-12-10T18:07:55Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > There is no way I am going through days worth of work for a mere $2 million ever again. What a horrible indignity you have suffered! ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719/27 "2009-12-10T18:08:07Z")
> [@badbadrubberpiggy](#): > > I find the Yahoo! address particularly trustworthy. > > By using a free e-mail address, they’re obviously smart about money, and they can pass the savings onto you, the customer! A good point. I also think it’s a good sign that this generous Dominique character is so keen to get things moving and hand over the money. Some people in his situation might want to slow down the whole process with tedious paperwork, independently verifable bona fides, legal representative, contracts, escrow agencies and so on. Not our Dominique! He’s a ‘make it happen’ ‘get things moving!’ kind of guy who doesn’t want to waste time. Proving he’s not only generous, but wants to be generous **quickly**. I can’t speak for the rest of you, but personally I find this attitude very refreshing. **Bith** is very lucky, and would obviously be a fool to miss this kind of golden opportunity. Maybe the rest of us, who have participated in this thread and helped guide **Bith** towards the right decision, will be in for a modest financial reward for our help and guidance? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719/28 "2009-12-10T18:13:21Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > You know what is sort of scary? > > I would be willing to bet that dopers of negotiable honesty could put together a nigerian scam that would appear perfectly legal, and would at surface value check out … web page with a serious sounding name, email to match, proper wording without the nigerianisms … and would sound reasonably logical - not millions of dollars, but something smaller. That was my business model first, bucko. Back off! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719/29 "2009-12-10T18:19:21Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > How do you know it’s a son? > :dubious: > > 😃 And how do you know he’s an _it_. I really think we need to stop making assumptions about Dominique. Clearly, English is not his first language, which I find rather comforting. With all the troubles US banks are having these days, wouldn’t you rather do business with a small foreign country? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719/30 "2009-12-10T18:50:51Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > My head just a’sploded. That would make realy smart people significantly bigger freaks than pretty stupid people cuz they are bending the curve. It’s time to separate into subspecies. I was thinking of the different levels of intelligence that different people might be exposed to on a daily basis. Someone who works at McDonald’s might very well deal with mostly below-average people on a daily basis. Not so an MIT physics prof. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-offer/520719.md?page=1)