This is why you continue to get those Nigerian scam emails

[jeffrey]

A Leamington man has fallen prey to international scam artists who strung him along for more than a year with the promise of millions in cash, but ultimately bilked him and his family of $150,000.

John Rempel said he quit his truck driving job, lost friends, borrowed money and crossed the globe in pursuit of a non-existent inheritance, after he was contacted by e-mail in what is known as a Nigerian 419 scam.

Rempel said he borrowed $55,000 from an uncle in Mexico and his parents gave him $60,000 on credit to cover fees for transferring $12.8 million into his name...

Leamington man loses $150,000 in Nigerian scam

[disneysteve]

I don't even know what words to use to describe a person like this. With huge red flags waving and virtually beating him over the head, he continued to hand over thousands and thousands of dollars to total strangers without once stopping to check if any of this was legitimate. Even worse, he roped his family in, meaning they were just as gullible. Very sad that there are people like this in the world.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Wow, the scam even involved a "cleansing formula" to wash off the money and make it legal tender?! What in the world?! I'm surprised someone like this who just fell off the turnip truck even had email or knew how to get himself to London. How very strange. And sad, really. How can someone be so naive?

[poundwise]

Greed is a powerful force. Scammers and con-artists utilize it to their benefit every day.

[Bernz]

Lot of scams out there.... I am even considering building a site where I can post all these different types of scams.

[poundwise]

Originally Posted by Bernz

Lot of scams out there.... I am even considering building a site where I can post all these different types of scams.

I wouldn't discourage you from pursuing that if you wish, but there are some sites already dedicated to that purpose:

ScamBusters.org

Hot Scams

And, of course, Snopes.com has a Fraud & Scams section

[sweeps]

I suspect that the people who are duped by these big money scams aren't researching the "opportunity" first, and therefore wouldn't find your site until it was much too late.

[mommyof4]

Wow.

[SacredFaerie]

That's why I'm in school. I'd hate to be so hard up for cash that one of those scams looked good. Good gravy that man's a freaking idiot.