# SCAM fun: lets vote on how to play with the Nigerians... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-fun-lets-vote-on-how-to-play-with-the-nigerians/415349 "2007-08-12T15:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-fun-lets-vote-on-how-to-play-with-the-nigerians/415349/1 "2007-08-12T15:02:30Z")
This SCAM job offer was in my inbox today. I could rant & rail, but instead lets as a community play with them. The Pitch: > [@](#): > > "Dear Count Blucher, > > Magdeburg Financial Company is greeting you! My name is Walter Hagen, > I work as Magdeburg Financial Company Program Coordinator. Our company > is happy to offer you a position of Magdeburg Financial Company Payment > Manager. We seek reliable and enthusiastic representatives for our company. > > We welcome anyone, whether you are a manager, a doctor, a teacher, a > lawyer, a secretary, a nurse or a housewife. We seek Payment > Managers in the US at the moment. No fees, no start up costs or > special skills are required for fulfilling Payment Manager’s duties. > You just need to be a US citizen and be over 21 years old. > > You will earn from $66,000 up to $200,000 a year and your profit can > become more after one year working with us. Magdeburg Financial Company > guarantees $5,500 every month during your first year of work. " The Hook: > [@](#): > > Our company has stores in Germany and all over Europe and we are > looking for US Managers to handle US payments. We are selling > various products in US and Canada and we need YOU > to process all the payments for these products, because here in > Europe cashier checks are cleared within two weeks or more, > which is not reliable for our sales. 90 from US buyers > don’t have the knowledge of how to pay with bank to bank transfers. > You can intermediate the payments between our company and the > buyers and you will get 10 from every payment that you have to > process. > Your profit will be instant: you will have your commission in hand > same day, because you will deduct your money from every payment that > you receive after the bank or the check cashing store clears the > payment. > > You DON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING TO WORK FOR US! Just the other way > round: you will have your 10 commission in hand with every order that > you process. No need to wait for paycheck at the end of the month > because you DEDUCT YOUR COMMISSION SAME DAY YOU WORK. > > Magdeburg Financial Company Payment Manager’s position requires No costs, > Nothing to buy, No membership to pay, No accounts to purchase! > > Magdeburg Financial Company Payment Manager’s position main features: > -Flexibility of hours (you can work any hour you choose) > -Work at home (all you have to do is check your email and go to the > bank) > -Part Time/Full Time > -Daytime and Evening Hours > -Professional management team with a strong support system > This is neither Network Marketing, nor a Distributorship, there is NO > ‘Kit’ to Buy or NO Envelopes to Stuff. > > Therefore let me say what this job entails in short: > > Magdeburg Financial Company advertises its software products on US market > and due to the fact that the process of clearing our US customers checks > in Germany takes quite long (about 2 weeks plus shipping delay - more > than 3 weeks), we seek US Managers who would receive payments for > our products (checks) and cash them the same day in bank. > You get your 10 commission from each check, that is if > you receive 2-3 checks one day, you will make more than $200 every > day. > > So if you find our job offer interesting and you wish to try your > abilities, feel free to email me back and I will provide you with more > detailed information regarding your duties and I will send you Magdeburg > Financial Company Employment Agreement to become our official partner. > > ## Thank you for paying attention to our job offer and I hope to hear back from you in the shortest possible time. We look forward to doing business with you and exceeding all of your expectations! > > With Best Wishes, > Walter Hagen, > Program Coordinator, > Magdeburg Financial Company. > [http://w](http://w) [ww.magdeburgfinance.com](http://ww.magdeburgfinance.com) **PLEASE DON’T USE THE ABOVE LINK. I added a space to break it, I have no idea where it really goes.** So, what should we say first? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-fun-lets-vote-on-how-to-play-with-the-nigerians/415349/2 "2007-08-12T15:09:07Z")
\*Dear Mr. Hagen. Thank you for your kind offer, but as I am neither a manager, a doctor, a teacher, a lawyer, a secretary, a nurse or a housewife, I don’t see how I could qualify. Let me know if you have anything that could fit my specialty. I am a … - ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-fun-lets-vote-on-how-to-play-with-the-nigerians/415349/3 "2007-08-12T15:10:17Z")
Nothing at all. Sorry to be a killjoy, but some of these scammers are thoroughly unpleasant and dangerous people. Yah, there are people who spend a lot a time playing with them. But it’s not a smart idea. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-fun-lets-vote-on-how-to-play-with-the-nigerians/415349/4 "2007-08-12T15:19:01Z")
Damn, after **Mr. Excellent** ’s post, my suggestions is kinda pointless. I was gonna say to send them a reply in Klingon or Tolkein Elvish. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-fun-lets-vote-on-how-to-play-with-the-nigerians/415349/5 "2007-08-12T15:35:16Z")
I don’t think anyone will ever be able to top the infamous and hilarious [P-P-P-Powerbook reverse scam.](http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-fun-lets-vote-on-how-to-play-with-the-nigerians/415349/6 "2007-08-12T15:47:46Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Excellent] Nothing at all. Sorry to be a killjoy, but some of these scammers are thoroughly unpleasant and dangerous people. Yah, there are people who spend a lot a time playing with them. But it’s not a smart idea. [/QUOTE] Exactly what damange do you fear the scammers might do from Nigeria? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-fun-lets-vote-on-how-to-play-with-the-nigerians/415349/7 "2007-08-12T15:50:42Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] Exactly what damange do you fear the scammers might do from Nigeria? [/QUOTE] They might send Sally Struthers back? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-fun-lets-vote-on-how-to-play-with-the-nigerians/415349/8 "2007-08-12T15:58:29Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] Exactly what damange do you fear the scammers might do from Nigeria? [/QUOTE] I believe there is an instance wherein someone actually travelled to Nigeria, attempting to get their money back, and vanished. I do not know the actual facts of that situation, or even if it’s true. If you’d like, I can hire a detective, cheap and easily. All I will require is your account numbers so that I may pay him. I will send you a cheque for several thousand over his expenses. Deposit it, and then send the rest to me. I need to buy ice for my bathtub. It’s keeping my kidneys cold. ---
**Author:** ![Octave9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Octave9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octave9)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-fun-lets-vote-on-how-to-play-with-the-nigerians/415349/9 "2007-08-13T02:24:51Z")
A few months ago PC World, in one of its newsletters, had this Nigerian scam # 8 or so on its list of Top 100 Internet Hoaxes. I used to receive many of their solicitations until I forwarded their junk to the Federal Trade Commission ([spam@uce.gov](mailto:spam@uce.gov)) and soon these parasites ceased their emails. Whether the FTC had anything to do with this or if it was merely coincidence, it was (and is) worth a try.