Enough about Cuban. What’s his theory? You’ll have to read it on his blog, BlogMaverick.com, to find out. In my opinion, this isn’t enough to beat Google. Cuban’s argument is a bit idealistic and not practical. I wonder if he truly understands this market.

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Here’s an excerpt:

The digital camera blonde who attracted thousands of admirers on Facebook has been exposed – she is nothing more than a pretty advert for a porn site.

Images of the mystery blonde were posted on the internet – supposedly in a bid to trace the owner of a camera lost on holiday.

Read on for the full scoop.

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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

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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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Well, we’re back from the ritual pilgrimage to Sin City. Sadly, we didn’t find any new talent to write about during that trip. However, Mike did manage to get a picture with magicians Penn & Teller. Since this isn’t really about our trip, I’m going to dig into my reserve of backlogged articles I’ve been meaning to write.

If you’re like me then you’ve probably missed the hoopla about Jessica Rose (aka Lonely Girl 15 or Bree). A few months ago, Lonely Girl 15 took Youtube by storm by posting her video diary online of relatively mundane details of her teenage life. These video blogs so enthralled viewers that millions followed the saga of this online American “teenage celebrity”.

Well, the story gets better. In Sept., Lonely Girl 15 was exposed and, yes, she’s a fake. Lonely Girl 15 is actually nineteen year old aspiring actress, Jessica Rose, a New Zealander now living in Los Angeles. Check out the full news story as it was aired a few months ago:

Since being exposed, the creators have moved the fleeting popularity to a dedicated site called Lonelygirl15.com. In addition, Rose was recently hired by the United Nations to fight poverty through an online anti-poverty video. Rose will be playing her infamous lonelyGirl15 role as she sits by herself in her bedroom talking to the camera. This time, however, she will be talking about the antipoverty cause rather than her boyfriend troubles.

Note: If you spend time on the new Lonelygirl15 website, you might want to read their recent announcement about Operation Aphid, the official alternate reality game (ARG) of Lonelygirl.

In my opinion, this only rates as a one hit wonder–not truly pop digerati caliber but definitely entertaining enough to help get through the day.

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(note : the image server here seems to have issues right now – if this turns out to look all wacky and stuff, one of the crack team of PopDigerati IT ninjas that live in my closet will fix it pronto. Or when I wake up tomorrow morning. One of the two.)

Oh boy. I don’t even know where to start with this dude. Let’s just give a brief chronology, and turn this into a bit of a photo essay.

1) Wannabe eBay scammer sells non-functional laptop to what he thinks is an unsuspecting schmuck.

2)Unsuspecting schmuck gets laptop, notices that it’s not as advertised in the ad, then notices it flat out doesn’t work. He emails scammer and says “Dude. Money back. Now.”

3) Wanna-be Scammer. who we now know goes by the name Amir Massoud Tofangsazan, says “Oh. Sorry. I Moved to Dubai. and by the way I have no intention of ever paying you back.”

4) Unsuspecting Schmuck gets pissed. Unsuspecting Schmuck gets even. Unsuspecting Schmuck gets a website.
5) What Scammer thought was an unsuspecting schmuck turned out to be a pretty smart guy, who knew how to do things like…oh…take hard drives out of computers, see what was contained on them, and post the would-be scammers personal information, pictures, wacky-ass porn, and (best of all) all the pictures the would-be scammer had attempted to take up women’s skirts on the train.

a la :

If you want to see the porn, you’ll just have to head over to The Broken Laptop I Sold On Ebay, and learn more by checking out this total d-bag on Wikipedia.

Until next time, Amir Massoud Tofangsazan, we at PopDigerati Salute you, for keeping us entertained when we should have been working. Oh, and it really works better if you put a little camera on your shoe. At least until you get arrested.

Okay, I can’t resist. One more picture – best comment captioning this one gets a shiny brand new penny courtesy of your friends at PopDigerati!

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Okay – The last thing I want to do is join the celebrity blogosphere, but I got this from a friend fresh off the wire, and I figured if Mehir is still looking for someone to kiss, he could do worse, eh?

“Spears filed legal papers today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing “irreconcilable differences.” In her petition, Spears asks for both legal and physical custody of the couple’s two children, one-year old Sean Preston and two-month old Jayden James, with Federline getting reasonable visitation rights.”

This is your chance, Mehir. We’ve already established beyond any reasonable doubt that Britney’s standards are… how you say? Lax. This is your time to swoop in with champagne and roses, or whatever a Turkish Stallion such as yourself would use to make the romancing with your woman, and give up on that silly Borat lawsuit. If you really want to eclipse Borat’s fame, there’s only one thing you can do.

Marry Britney.

I’m going to call on all of you, PopDigerati’s loyal readership, to open up your rolodexes, search your contact lists, and show the tenacity of Brian Herzlinger.

We can…nay, we MUST make this love connection happen.

So, Mehir – If you’re reading this, you’d better get your best leisure suit on and douse yourself in the finest Turkish cologne, before our pal Jonny the Monkey gets to her. Hey, she married K-Fed, who’s to say that a monkey is beneath her?

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Let us sing of Alexey Vayner – investment banker wannabe, Kung Fu grandmaster, ballroom dancer, and I would assume able to leap buildings in a single bound without spilling a single drop of his half caf no fat latte. At least that’s what he says. Our first entry into the “Posers” category submitted this video along with his resume for investment banking jobs in NYC. Hilarity ensued.

Watch the video below, and get the rest of the story here

Do you have anyone that can top this? Let us know! That comments section doesn’t fill itself, you know.

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