Comments on: Shri 419: the Nigerian scam

By: Anirban

Anirban — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:21:33 +0000

Please feel free to do so as long as you link back to the original post and attribute me. Thanks for your interest.

By: Andrew Pelt

Andrew Pelt — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:07:56 +0000

Wow! Thank you! I always wanted to write in my site something like that. Can I take part of your post to my blog?

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A pyramid scheme that I am delighted to be a part of « It's a Miracle! — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:13:16 +0000

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By: Anirban

Anirban — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:07:09 +0000

The comment above was one of the insufferable spam messages that come into the inbox. I’ve removed the URL link. In this case I found it amusing in the context of the post.

Good advice, Unknown troller. If I send out spam related to the Nigerian scam I’m SURE I’ll have “tons of suscriber”.

By: Unknown troller (name redacted)

Unknown troller (name redacted) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:27:15 +0000

Sounds like a good idea. You will have tons of subscriber if you do that.

By: Anirban

Anirban — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:40:39 +0000

Thanks. Nwaubani’s debut novel is quite fascinating too.

By: Sharmila Ganguly

Sharmila Ganguly — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:02:11 +0000

This is a very interesting subject that you have researched so well

By: Anirban

Anirban — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:04:42 +0000

Exactly Nish. Another type of scam commons these days is the romance scam. Ladies with attractive (but fake) Facebook and messaging profiles will seek people out for friendship and then ask for “loans”.

By: Nish

Nish — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:04:27 +0000

This greed for money makes people silly…How else can one explain people faling prey to those innocuos U HAVE WON mails…

Hope to gobble up soon “I did not come to you by chance”

By: Anirban

Anirban — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:35:10 +0000

Thanks for reading… hope to keep everyone entertained and informed.
FYI: Just added your blog to my list