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17 Feb 2009, 1:45 pm

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11691598

all I have to say is

HA hahahahahahahahahahahahaha



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17 Feb 2009, 1:51 pm

First of all, I thought everyone knew about the Nigerian scam by now. But for a gov't official to be involved is ludicrous. It is funny. Esp. in a "clean, squeaky" state like Utah. People have to be greedy and have semi-shady ethics for fall for the scam anyway.



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17 Feb 2009, 3:10 pm

I wonder if they also bought the REAL GENUINE ROLEX!! !! !

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17 Feb 2009, 3:30 pm

Way out of Africa topic

Sounds like the Nigerian scammers are getting smarter at bilking funds on the World Wide Web, now that people will not readily hand over money for a goodwill deposit via email. :evil:

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17 Feb 2009, 3:41 pm

Wow. I'm surprised They fell for it.... :/



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18 Feb 2009, 4:44 am

^Suprised?! Really?


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18 Feb 2009, 10:46 am

Title is misleading. If you read the article, it wasn't that one of the state workers got an email "My name is Nathaniel Mbogo and I need help transferring 2 billion US dollars, for your assistance you will recieve hefty compensation".

What they did is start sending the State bills from a re-routed university department, and the state paid those bills. They don't even know for sure that the money ended up in Nigeria. The last path of the money ended up in a bank account in Texas. I swear people don't read the articles before they post.



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22 Feb 2009, 5:02 pm

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