# read this and tell me what the scam is exactly

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 27, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-this-and-tell-me-what-the-scam-is-exactly/157885 "2003-02-27T14:48:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-this-and-tell-me-what-the-scam-is-exactly/157885/41 "2003-03-12T14:08:42Z")

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Oh, I checked with my cubicle neighbor and he said he hadn’t seen that one so it’s not like they spammed the entire agency. I guess I’m special.

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-this-and-tell-me-what-the-scam-is-exactly/157885/42 "2003-03-15T07:10:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by thinksnow \*  
> \*\*A couple people have mentioned the “revenge on the scammers” thing they have seen. I wonder if it’s the same one I saw: this guy sent partial info, stringing the guys along for weeks, and eventually sent emails claiming to have killed his wife and needing the transfer of funds to get out of the country. It was a riot. \*\*

Have you seen [this one](http://www.geocities.com/jaccountinfo/AbbasBunduScam.html)? The guy uses the name “David Lee Roth”. It has voicemails, photos, everything. I was almost in tears reading it.

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**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-this-and-tell-me-what-the-scam-is-exactly/157885/43 "2003-03-15T08:11:53Z")

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I love the one I got last week. It’s gone now, but the gentleman identified himself as a representative of the government of “West Africa”.

To much.

I replied that I would have loved to have gotten involved, but all my money was being saved for a kidney transplant, mine having been stolen while having a drink in an airport.

No response, to date.

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