Nigeria Widows Lose Their Fortune

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.

^H Explained

[JoshDM]

Sincerely,

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].

Re:^H Explained

[mooingyak]

No need for it to be that old. Whenever I need to telnet/ssh into a newly set up Solaris box, first thing I end up doing is 'stty erase ^H' (and putting it in my profile).

Re:So...

[curunir]

Apparently just agreeing to take 27.5 million each isn't an option?

Though I'm not sure why a story such as this would make it onto slashdot, the article does address your point.

Aparently, in their squabble over his money, someone tipped off the government and when they looked into it, they discovered that his assets were far greater than what he could have leaglly earned while alive (as a church pastor and election official). So now the widows/family get nothing because the government got a seizure order for the whole thing. Oops...