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Nigeria Widows Lose Their Fortune
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on Mon Sep 11, 2006 08:34 AM
from the oh-the-irony dept.
from the oh-the-irony dept.
Phil John writes "In a cruel twist of fate, two Nigerian widows are genuinely fighting it out for their husband's (yes, the same husband) $55M fortune. The BBC has the full scoop. Who wants to bet we're abot to see a whole lot of 419's from 'The Wife of the Late Timothy Olufemi Akanni?'" Sometimes, life is too amusing to be true.
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Correct wording. (Score:5, Funny)
(http://suso.suso.org/ | Last Journal: Tuesday March 09 2004, @12:03AM)
for their late husband (Who was killed by the government)'s USD55,000,000.00 (FIFTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS) which they will deposit into your account
Blast !!!! (Score:5, Funny)
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I'll be more than happy to help them (Score:5, Funny)
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It has come to my attention that you may be in need of the financial services of an American who is sympathetic to your position. I know that we have never met, but I would consider it my honor and privilege to assist you in keeping what is rightfully yours. Respectfully, transfer your money to my bank account (attached at bottom) and I will transfer the money into a new bank account for you upon your arrival.
Sincerely,
An American who wants to help you spend^H^H^H^Have your royal family money.
^H Explained (Score:5, Informative)
(http://www.joshdm.com/ | Last Journal: Friday February 16 2007, @11:14AM)
An American who wants to help you spend^H^H^H^Have your royal family money.
I always understood the underlying meaning, but I never caught the origin until now: ^H Explained [wikipedia.org].
And so would the American public... (Score:4, Funny)
abot (Score:5, Funny)
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News for nerds? (Score:1, Insightful)
In lieu of flowers... (Score:4, Funny)
(http://fakeaccount.com/~terrahertz/)
EFFC? (Score:2)
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PS: I already sent them an email pointing out the error [next-to-last-paragraph, if you care].
So... (Score:3, Insightful)
This story is just made for Fark, isn't it?
So, why is it on
I have a proposal. (Score:1)
give it to US citizens instead (Score:1, Interesting)
2 Wives??? (Score:3, Funny)
*sigh*Time to go make up with the missus, I guess.
Unfortunately for them... (Score:2)
WTF Nigeria (Score:2, Interesting)
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My wife's is the second wife of a Nigerian university professor. She's been a Niger-o-phile since the mid-60's. She will be moving to Nigeria shortly to live full-time because, as she believes, Nigerians take care of their elderly, and that being a wife of a Nigerian will mean that she will have family to take care of her. Note: She spent most of her productive, read: reproductive, years marrying Nigerians so they could come to the U.S., so never really had a family of her own. Now she's exiting middle-aged status, she is expecting to be cared for by her Nigerian "family".
Her view of helping out poor Nigerians is to use her pension to hire, as she puts it, "houseboys" and staff. Very paternalistic, very British. I'll send this article along as a cautionary tale.
and the solution for spam is... (Score:1, Offtopic)
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/karekol/)
Reminds me of the story (Score:5, Interesting)
Another link to the story (Score:1)
(http://www.myspace.com/erichl)
Where did he park his Rolls? (Score:2)
From TFA: The posthumous discovery of his second wife and fortune has shocked many of his friends and family.
He cannot have enjoyed his wealth too much, if his family didn't notice anything.
Oh, i just read (Score:1)
...the most sought-after parts of Lagos and Abuja (Score:1)
So we've got a Pentecostal minister who amassed an eight-figure fortune as (among other things) a corrupt electoral commission director. Now we know where Diebold got their inspiration.
Irony, indeed (Score:2)
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But the guy just died! I doubt he'd agree with that statement. From the 'oh-the-irony' department indeed.
Nigerian Widows (Score:1)
Question (Score:2)
(Last Journal: Friday December 08 2006, @04:42PM)
Weren't they supposed to be thown in the grave with him?
wow 55 million (Score:2)
Is there anything that says this came from 419 scams? He could have been a drug lord, Mafia boss or something else too.
If this did all come from 419 scams then it just goes to show how many stupid people there are in the world. No wonder spam works.
Payback time! (Score:1)
Double standards [check] (Score:2)
419 is a game . . . (Score:1)
This explains it. (Score:2)
Re:How is this even ... (Score:2)
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