I had a guy call me at home with one of these offers and played him along for a while. He had one of the most beautiful voices imaginable and spoke impeccable English called himself "Dr. Ani."
After he realized I was not going to fly to Togo and pick up the tab for the "Nigerian National Bank" representatives he got nasty and threatened me with retaliation by his friends.
A black friend of mine told me I should tell him that one of my African-American friends was going to do it and he would stop calling.
When I asked Dr. Ani how I got so lucky to get such a deal. "Are you a Christian?" "Yes" "Do you remember the story of Abraham and Isaac?" "Yes" "Well that was a miracle and this is a miracle." "OK Dr. Ani when an angel from God comes down and tells me to do this then I will."
"@#%@^&&**MTHRFCKR!" me LMAO.
Wow! I just spent an hour reading some of the tales in Scamorama ... the one where the anti-419 fellow got $3 out of the Nigerian was dead solid priceless! Well worth the time.
I used to get these letters at the business I owned. Whenever there was a fax number in the body of the letter, I would send them a nasty fax and sign it Bill Clinton.