Spam now from Lagos instead of Nigeria

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Too long to reproduce here, but interesting that the Nigerians have given up on me, but this fine chap from Lagos made me an offer I also can refuse. The email is a tiny bit more literate than many, but after all, he is a Deputy General Manager of a bank!. :smiley:

And he got my address from an unimpeachable source, “from a reliable fellow!”

A snip from the long letter:

“Though, I know that this proposal may make you apprehensive and worried, but I assure you that all will be well at the end.Before proceeding, I wish to introduce myself. I am Tony Okocha, Deputy General Manager, (Credit Controls)with Standard Trust Bank Limited, Lagos. I got your contact from a reliable fellow.”

2

Umm, Lagos is the capitol of Nigeria, unless I’m being whooshed.

3

This made me wonder, too. :dubious: I think I can hear a very faint “whoosh” somewhere, but I can’t make out just where it’s coming from.

Extreme nitpick: Strictly speaking, the capital of Nigeria is in fact Abuja, moved there from Lagos in 1991, but Lagos is the largest city and the financial center. And the last time I checked, it was still very much in Nigeria.

4

Well, close, anyway…

From Here , Lagos used to be the capitol, but it’s now Abuja.

PS – I’m not really that smart – friends lived in Lagos for a couple of years, so I got to learn a bit about the country.

5

Oh, shit, no whoosh. Never been able to keep up on my geography, so thought Lagos was a separate country.

Well, at least it’s the “financial capital,” so this letter must be legitimate, eh?

6

Well, it was a British colony at one time.

Mandatory nitpick whenever a thread refers to seats of government: A capitol is a building – the city in which it lies is the capital.