# New twist from Nigeria (or should that be from the USMC?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 25, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-twist-from-nigeria-or-should-that-be-from-the-usmc/362039 "2006-06-25T01:47:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-twist-from-nigeria-or-should-that-be-from-the-usmc/362039/21 "2006-06-25T17:46:52Z")

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Thank god he picked his junior intelligent officers to count the money and not his junior stupid officers. Though really I think you should report him to his superiors in the U.S. Marine Force.

The sad thing is there are people who will fall for this.

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-twist-from-nigeria-or-should-that-be-from-the-usmc/362039/22 "2006-06-26T00:19:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Rufus Xavier]  
Cats? You heartless monster!!! I am sending imaginary cruise missiles to destroy you and all your loved ones even as I type this!  
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Ha! Like you’ll ever get through my imaginary Strategic Defense Initiative. It’s powered by a combination of nuclear fusion and renewable bio-fuel energy.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-twist-from-nigeria-or-should-that-be-from-the-usmc/362039/23 "2006-06-27T01:11:46Z")

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Hmmmmm? What would Monty Hall do?

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**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-twist-from-nigeria-or-should-that-be-from-the-usmc/362039/24 "2006-06-27T02:11:21Z")

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Question: Has anyone ever emailed further to see just what would happen? Use a fake email, of course. I have always heard about these Nigerian scams, but I’m sad to say I’ve never heard of someone pushing it as far as it could go. Anyone up for a fun game of science?

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**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-twist-from-nigeria-or-should-that-be-from-the-usmc/362039/25 "2006-06-27T02:42:42Z")

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[QUOTE=ZebraShaSha]  
Question: Has anyone ever emailed further to see just what would happen? Use a fake email, of course. I have always heard about these Nigerian scams, but I’m sad to say I’ve never heard of someone pushing it as far as it could go. Anyone up for a fun game of science?  
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You’ll like [this](http://www.419eater.com/).

And [this](http://sweetchillisauce.com/nigeria.html)

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