No. I am NOT in Nigeria.

[iflitifloat]

No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#1

Posted: 9/21/08 at 12:46pm

No matter what the emails might say...

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[FindingNamo]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#2

Posted: 9/21/08 at 12:56pm

I don't believe you. Somebody is holding you hostage and making you say you're not in Nigeria. This is going to be W's Iran Hostage Crisis.

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[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#2

Posted: 9/21/08 at 1:00pm

I get a lot of Nigerian email scams that are in German. BAD German. I have no idea how the scammers know that I speak German... I've never gotten one in English or any other language.

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[iflitifloat]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#3

Posted: 9/21/08 at 1:08pm

Yeah, but this involves someone having hacked into an email account I've had for years. They changed the password and now control it and I've lost all access to six years worth of mail. And everyone I've ever sent email to or received email from has gotten a message from me claiming that I'm stranded in Nigeria, and to please send money.

It's a bummer.

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Updated On: 9/21/08 at 01:08 PM

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#4

Posted: 9/21/08 at 1:10pm

Oh wow... that's absolutely terrible. I thought when you made the thread that you were just making fun of all of those emails that claim NOT to be Nigerian scams. Yikes, I hope this gets cleared up soon.

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[Chevstriss]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#5

Posted: 9/21/08 at 1:28pm

oh CRAP I'll call Western Union right now and do a stop payment on that $75 ramsom money!!!

this ties into This American Life broadcast last week.


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[best12bars]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#6

Posted: 9/21/08 at 2:04pm

I'm so sorry, iflit... and I'm curious too. Where did you have your online email account?

Yahoo? Gmail? Mac?

Not that this couldn't happen to any one of them.

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[miss pennywise]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#7

Posted: 9/21/08 at 2:29pm

Wow. You AND Sarah in the same week!

It was kinda spooky, I admit. I've gotten those Nigeria emails before, but never from YOU!

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[PalJoey]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#8

Posted: 9/21/08 at 2:43pm

I thought you went there, mistakenly, for Namo's birthday.

[miss pennywise]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#9

Posted: 9/21/08 at 2:46pm

I also thought that maybe you were trying to be funny, so I actually read the entire message all the way through, waiting for the punchline. But, alas, it was just like all the other "I'm in Nigeria, please send money" letters I have received for the past 30 years!

"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"

http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html

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[orangeskittles]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#10

Posted: 9/21/08 at 3:19pm

Couldn't you contact the email provider and have them take back your account?

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[StockardFan]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#11

Posted: 9/21/08 at 3:58pm

That's scary iflit!

Yeah, can't you cancel the e-mail account somehow?

KFTC!!!!!

[iflitifloat]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#12

Posted: 9/21/08 at 4:27pm

It was gmail. And there seems to be no real mechanism by which to deal with it. When I tried to log in and couldn't, I checked the box that said "this account has be compromised" and the next screen that pops up basically says, "gee, we're sorry that happened". I am invited to try to log in again in 5 days, but since I no longer control the password or the secondary email account, it's not going to matter.

I've learned a lesson and will now stick to an account that I pay for and has an actual person somewhere on the other end.

So, Ms P...when should I expect that check?

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[StockardFan]

re: No. I am NOT in Nigeria.#13

Posted: 9/21/08 at 4:42pm

I think she sent it to Nigeria?

KFTC!!!!!