Woman out $400K to 'Nigerian scam' con artists

KATU ^ | 11/13/08 | Anna Song

[rabscuttle385]

Talk about dumb. Did she vote for Obama too?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Janella Spears doesn’t think she’s a sucker or an easy mark.

Just one more thing Janella Spears is deeply, seriously wrong about. ;)

[Ciexyz]

She should have used the money for counseling sessions. She needs it.

[LADY J]

"Now, Spears has gone public with her story as a warning to others not to fall victim.

She hopes her story will warn others to listen to reason and avoid going down the dark tunnel of obsession that ended up costing her so much.

Gee - I'm glad she warned me!! I was just getting ready to send a few thousand!!

/s>

[CottShop]

She doesn’t have to worry- she can just apply for a $400 billion dollar bailout from the government

[CottShop]

[[Gee - I’m glad she warned me!! I was just getting ready to send a few thousand!!]]

Phew- me too- had my finger on the “Send Now” button right before reading this story- :)

[nickcarraway]

Has she been conned enough to learn her lesson? Or is she a ripe target for the next one?

[exist]

I feel sorry for this woman. So what I will do is give her exclusive rights to the Michelle Obama-AFI tapes for only $5 but I will need a $75,000 deposit.

[TruthWillWin]

There are two requirement for someone to be a victim of a Nigerian scam.

1. Greed

2. Dumb

[QQQQ]

If I could get 10% of all of the e-mails that sent to me with the similar offers,I would bail big 3 :-))

[KoRn]

All it takes is just one person to fall for it, and it encourages them to send those messages to the rest of us.

Dumb ass....

[Gondring]

Gotta watch the video at the link. Amazing. She blew her deaf husband's retirement.

...and she's a reverend.

Gotta be tough to interview someone like this and keep a straight face. But I feel SO bad for the husband.

For the lighter side and scamming the scammers, check out http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/ and http://www.419eater.com/.

An example of the results...

[chaos_5]

Spears said it would take her at least three to four years to dig out of the debt she ran up in pursuit of the non-existent pot of Nigerian gold.

Hmmmm 400k/4yrs = 100k/yr

She must make good money as a RN.

[PGR88]

WHAT? I already sent API in Norway $3 million for the Michelle Obama Whitey Video!

[Gondring]

All it takes is just one person to fall for it, and it encourages them to send those messages to the rest of us.

Exactly. That's the worst part.

I had a friend who would respond to e-mail offers and repeatedly be surprised that she didn't get the merchandise. Or buy "antivirus" scanners online from e-mail offers--and load the trojan horse onto her computer. Etc.

I tried to get her to stop by scamming her myself, sending her a fake offer for "scam-detection software"--which she tried to buy! AIEEE!

One day, I was in a rotten mood and griped that it my Inbox was loaded up with spam "because of imbiciles who respond to them...and all it takes is a few!" Oops.

[dr_lew]

I think this means that she ran through their life savings, then accrued additional debt which will take 4 years to pay off. She is not $400K in debt.

[Gondring]

Well, if you count the debt to her husband, I’m sure it would take much longer.

[CT]

America was just scammed by a Kenyan using the same tactics. Go figure.

[BBell]

I personally think she should qualify for a bail out from the government. Lets see a show of hands now.