Comments on: You can’t cheat an honest man

By: Vincent O. Moh from Texas, United States

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:41:12 +0000

Yomi Adegboye, there are SEVERAL419 schemes that do NOT have to do with the victim being really greedy; i.e. the “church donation” scams, the “hitman” scams, and the scams where people tell the victims that the transaction is legal and risk free.

Anyway, I like to “play” with scammers by feigning interest in the scheme and then making them go to Western Union to pick up money transfers that do not exist. I crack up when I see the desperation and disappointment in the scammers’ mails.

By: Josh from New Jersey, United States

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:11:15 +0000

I am a landlord. The Nigerian reputation is so bad, I won’t rent my apartment to them, even not show them. No body wants to bother with them. Unfortunately, I am not alone. Nigerians: you will see what you deserve!

By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » The Shadowy World of 419, Posing With a Crocodile And Santa Claus in Ouagadougou from Massachusetts, United States

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:03:53 +0000

[...] Still on scams and scammers, Oluniyi David Ajao’s headline is simple and straight-forward: You canâ€™t cheat an honest man: …The scam popularly refered to as 419 is basically an â€œadvance fee fraudâ€ that is based on the greediness of the â€œvictimâ€. It would take a very dishonest person to fall victim. All the variants of 419 listed on Wikipedia are based on the greediness/gullibility of the willing victim… [...]

By: Yomi Adegboye from Nigeria

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:16:24 +0000

Good talk there, Dave. At the end of the day, both scammers and the scammed are driven by greed. QED. Its the reason why some of us hold that EFCC and other anti-corruption agencies ought to prosecute BOTH the scammer and the “victim” (read ACCOMPLICE). See this article Nigeria Online Scams: Where The EFCC Is Getting It Wrong.

If the deal had gone through, the self-proclaimed “victim” would not have blown a whistle. It is sheer hypocrisy to call for the head of the Nigerian scammer (if indeed he was a Nigerian), while letting go of the dishonest American or British or Canadian or [insert nationality] thief who wants to reap where he has not sown.

Enough said.

By: Nancylotus from Guangdong, China

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:01:13 +0000

I am a international sales person from Shenzhen China,and dealing people all over the wrold,people that from Asia,Europe,America ,middle east,africa as well.it’s hard to say that there won’t be any scams on other places except Africa, there ared e-ecomic tricks all over the world.so it depends what kind of people you would meet(fortunately or unfortunately). while I have to say business man from Nigeria is kind of special,cause they are unemotional and only result cared.while most of them are good persons. if that “the word â€œNigeriaâ€ is almost always attached to scams, when e-commerce is involved.” realy being a fact, I think the people and government from Nigeria should be self-questioning and further corrective action need be taken. is education be main factor? wish people all over the world could get enough education.