Yesterday I remarked, somewhat cynically, about the “joys” of being British. I’d much rather be British than American though. Check out this idiot. It’s perfectly conceivable that the average person doesn’t know what a 419 scam is, or where its name comes from. But surely the principle that some random person contacts you randomly out of the blue and randomly offers you a shedload of cash must ring some alarm bells. Maybe he was just very greedy? Or maybe I’m “being British” by being this cynical.
The man was initially contacted by an e-mail which said he was the beneficiary of an estate of a relative who he had never heard of.
Or perhaps I’m just using some common sense. The worst bit is that they managed to get him to fork over the money on several separate occasions.