by Mike Fennelly

Now that I’ve recovered from the trip to Las Vegas, and mugged enough old ladies to pay my rent for yet another month, it’s time to write again. Now, I was originally excited when I came back here and saw that we had *gasp* FIFTY SIX comments awaiting moderation! I got considerably less excited when I noticed that 47 of these comments were offering mortgage refinancing, three were offering herbal viagra, and the remaining six were offering… well… “hot slut” was the term used. Enough said about that, at least in a public forum.
Now, Mr. Spammer, you may have noticed the words “awaiting moderation” up there in that first paragraph, nestled somewhere betweek “pay my rent” and “considerably less excited”. Look hard, I know you’ll find them. What that means to you is that nobody but Brion or myself is ever going to see your salacious come-ons, and it’s going to have to be one hell of a hot slut offering me a refinanced mortgage to get me to click on that link.

So, Mr. Demonstrative, or Miss Lumbar Q. Jellyfish, or Mme. Umber N. Corpulent, if you would like to offer PopDigerati wads of small, unmarked, non-sequential bills, we may ponder putting your ads up on the site, but we’re more likely to take your money back to Vegas with us, and laugh at you while we drop it all on Red.

Anyway, I was going somewhere with this, and that somewhere was the Nigerian 419 scam, which I’ll add to our “Posers” category. I’m sure we’ve all received at least 50 or 60 of these over the years, but if you haven’t, here’s a sample : (keep reading after the jump)

From: Ony Obo
To: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Subject: HELP ME TO SPREAD GOODNESS

Hello my friend,

Hope this day finds you well?, I am Ony Obo a merchant in Nigeria, I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer, It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous,I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.

Now that God is about to call me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my souL. I have decided to give also to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria, Sudan, Europe and Kenya. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I
cannot do this myself anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them. I will want you to help me collect my last deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations which I deposited in security/finance house abroad,

which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of (Twelve Million Eight Hundred Thousand U.S dollars) I have set aside 25% for you, then 5% for any expenses incured.

If you are interested, please send your prompt reply to my private email address below which you will have to reply to if you will be kind enough to assist;
Email: bigmaniXXX@yahoo.co.uk

God bless you

Ony Obo

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Now, as we all know, these people are complete scumbags. So, along with nominating the 419 scam in it’s entirety as a PopDigerati Poser, I’m going to add 419eater.com into our Hall Of Fame nominees. Scamming the scammers is their specialty, and Boy Howdy, do they do it well, as the pictures below will show you.
The site has more than uh…slightly immature, if entertainingly embarassing pictures of scammers though, including FAQs on the 419 scam, links to an immense amount of other scambusting sites, and discussions, instructions, and a mentoring program if you want to start getting involved with scamming the scammers. So, Mr. Demonstrative – watch out. You’re next on the list.

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