Those thieving victims.
by schwim on Aug.30, 2008, under Spam
If you jail victims of theft, then eventually, you will run out of potential victims.
So says Olu Agbi, the Nigerian high commissioner, concerning the victims of 419 scams.
People who send their money are as guilty as those who are asking them to send the money.
Another of his quotable quotes:
It is not in the character of Nigerians to be engaged in this kind of scam.
This coming from the commissioner whose country had a scam named after it.
Now, if you’ll read any of my earlier thoughts on the matter, I’ve no problem with people that lose their money to these scams. You have to have a modicum of common sense to exist in this world. If you give your bank information to a woman you believe to be dying of cancer in Africa so she can give you money to continue your good works that you happen to know you’ve not done, then I feel it’s ok for you to lose your money.
The problem however is that my man Olu seems to be confused as to what’s illegal. It is illegal to perpetuate theft by deception(the Nigerian’s part). Giving all of your money to a Nigerian is not illegal. It’s just stupid.
Olu should draft an email to get his mission across to the people of Australia, in hopes of stopping this travesty. He could start it like this:
My name is Olu Agbi, a deposed Nigerian high commissioner whose family is being held hostage in Australia. Before our capture, I was able to deposit all of our savings(1,500,000 USD) in a bank account in South Africa.
I need the assistance of someone as honorable and trustworthy as yourself.
September 25th, 2008 on 7:30 pm
I found this on some official Nigerian government website. Not sure if it is really official, but I thought that I’d share it anyway…
“Today Nigerians are in agreement that we need to rid ourselves of the cankerworm called corruption, and conscientize ourselves towards acceptable behaviour. In reality, no benefits accrue from unethical practices, which lead to corruption. The depth of decay which corruption has brought into our National life is so frightening and disturbing that most Nigerians, be it beneficiaries, or victims of corruption, are tired of this phenomenon. The weight of corruption on our National physche is so heavy that we are beginning to crack under it. The relief usually is that, when one gets to such a breaking point, the options are either to throw off the weight, or get swallowed up in the debris.”
It is as if they genuinely don’t understand the difference between a “beneficiary” and a “victim” of corruption.