Nine people sue Solon woman,two Cleveland lawyers for alleged African inheritance scam

cleveland.com ^ | March 31, 2010 | Peter Krouse

[Las Vegas Dave]

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[Cletus.D.Yokel]

They were only $10 away from getting their share!

[Responsibility2nd]

Ha Ha Haaaa.

I love satire.

[Gaffer]

Money easily gotten is easily stolen. Greed, greed and more greed...the plaintiffs are pissed because they got scammed by scammers like themselves. Anyone, anyone stupid enough to fall for this crap should be divested of their money. Indeed, there is no honor among thieves apparently.

[Signalman]

You mean that Nigerian prince I just sent $10K to help him retrieve 14 mill, was a fraud. Boy do I feel the fool.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

It's been five years and none of the nine has seen a dime.

I'm astounded.

[A message]

"Everybody looks foolish in a fraud scheme in retrospect,"

What say the 64 million that voted for 0bama?

[ColdWater]

Based on those assurances, Proctor Jr. said, he gave Burton a $75,000 check from his company, Family Home Providers Inc. Ultimately, his firm gave Burton a total of $295,000, with a board member kicking in another $100,000.

Proctor Jr. and the other plaintiffs claim they only gave money to Burton because Baker Hostetler was involved.

"I didn't do anything until I got legal advice from my attorney through Baker Hostetler," Proctor Jr. said. "I mean I'm not stupid."

[elpadre]

didn’t I read on FR a few years ago that some of these Nigerian, Liberian, et al, scams originate from a boiler room in Belgium???

[AuH2ORepublican]

“Nine people, including several from the Cleveland area, sued a Solon woman and two lawyers this week claiming they duped the plaintiffs into helping the woman recover $14.5 million left behind in the African nation of Burkina Faso.”

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How could those people fall for some e-mail scam about a bank account in Burkina Faso? Everyone knows that it is only those e-mail requests for money for the opening of bank accounts *from Nigeria* that are legit.

[Above My Pay Grade]

“I didn’t do anything until I got legal advice from my attorney through Baker Hostetler,” Proctor Jr. said. “I mean I’m not stupid.”

With all due respect, Mr. Proctor, the fact that you fell for one of the most obviously bogus and well known scams in the world, indicates that you are, indeed, quite stupid.

I say this, not to be mean, but to help you. If you had been aware of just how stupid you are, you probably would not have been scammed.

[brytlea]

I only feel a little sorry for people who fall for these scams. They sound like someone is skirting the law and looking for someone to help them. So in addition to being stupid these people are willing to break the law to make a buck. On the other hand, the perps deserve to be caught and tossed into the ocean.

[dogcaller]

I thought Burkina Fatso was one of those women on ‘Biggest Loser’...

[tx_eggman]

Brings to mind one of my all time favorite sites:

Linky Thing: Ebola Monkey Man - Scamming The Scammers

[Las Vegas Dave]

In case you are wondering where your money is located...

[left that other site]

You mean to tell me that Mrs. Arafat really DOESN’T WANT ME TO HANDLE HER LATE HUSBAND YASSER’S GAZILLION DOLLAR SECRET BANK ACCOUNTS??????????????

Please, don’t tell me it’s all a scam.

This was going to be my BIG CHANCE!

[loungitude]

Proctor Jr. said. “I mean I’m not stupid.”

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Better re-think that, Proctor.

[kickme]

“the type of scam they were caught up in wasn’t widely publicized in 2005 like it is now. “

What? I’ve been getting these offers since the ‘90s...

The only reason I didn’t take them up on it was I was/am heavily invested in marbles and play high stakes marble games....(yes, I’ve lost all my marbles more than oncet)...and couldn’t afford to pay the ransom...(dude)

(a fool is soon parted from his $$)

[BenLurkin]

“We’re going bowlin’
Don’t lose her in Solon”