"Lost in Space" Nigerian E-Mail Scam ... Nigerian Astronaut Lost in Space Needs $3M to Get Home

Anorak ^ | 6th, February 2016 | Anorak

[DogByte6RER]

Danger! ... Will Robinson ... Danger! Do Not Respond To That E-Mail Will Robinson! ... Danger!

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Tell him to land in the US. He’ll get Welfare, Food Stamps, public housing, Obamacare and a free smart phone.

[bubbacluck]

He may want to look into GoFundMe.

[Palio di Siena]

shortest book in the world:
“nigerian astronauts i have known”

[txnativegop]

this is satire, right?

Are there really Americans stupid enough to believe this?

if so, this country is doomed.

[Dagnabitt]

Seems legit.

[Smokin' Joe]

Just tell him to do an EVA and push off toward the big blue thing down there. Gravity will take care of the rest.

[A CA Guy]

Isn’t there a people’s government version called Go F Me?

[tanuki]

Dammit, why didn’t I get THIS one! Oh, wait...

[BenLurkin]

Nobody, but nobody should fall for this. Nobody.

[buwaya]

This one is rather good. Its worth a dollar for cleverness.
And its a very good premise for a movie.

[null and void]

Seems legit...

[null and void]

as you say.

[SkyDancer]

I used to send fake Western Union money grams to those scammers. It was a riot reading their responses when they asked where there money was especially when I wrote back saying either they or their representative picked up the money already.

[Da Coyote]

Dorkbama the Muslim voters will believe it.

After all, they elected a humanoid slime mold.

[dhs12345]

One for scamorama!

[DariusBane]

Nigerians and parenthetical asides. Whats up with that? But hey I am in. 14 years by Oden’s beard is just too long.

[mountainlion]

Can you make change for Alpha Centauri money?

[uglybiker]

Are there really Americans stupid enough to believe this?

Do you really want an answer to that?

[Calvin Locke]

I think TCM is running “Marooned” about now. Or later tonight.