The past few free communication weekends have been chock full of potential scammers signing up. I refer to them all as Nigerians since that is where the bulk of them originate, but of course I don’t know for sure that they all originated from there.
I was contacted by several, all with gaping holes in their story, poor english composition skills, outlandish inconsistencies (among my personal favorites were:
- the gentleman who purportedly lived in the “foothills of the Adirondack mountains”, which are apparently now located in the Bronx;
- the gentleman born and raised in Italy who couldn’t speak Italian;
- the “marine engineer” who couldn’t answer even the most basic questions about his occupation;
- the childless widowed gentleman who suddenly volunteered that his 14 year old daughter and he prayed together before beginning communication with me (it’s a miracle I tell ya!);
- the gentleman who claimed to live in a certain town that, unbeknownst to him, my family founded in the 1700′s, and yet having lived there all of his life and being a history buff … he didn’t have a clue as to what I was talking about when I mentioned my family;
- the gentleman who works on an “oil rig” and lives in the Bronx (what a commute he must have!);
I found a pic of your scammer and matched it to one I have been sent...actually serveral he sent....only his name is Dr Michael Mona In Irag........He tried to deny it but I found 5 other pictures of him with a different name....it appears he has been and continues to do this since Feb/08. that is w …
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