Phisher Pop : "I Will Eat Your Dollars!"
Another interview with a Nigerian scammer. A few things stood out.
First, the song :
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Their anthem, "I Go Chop Your Dollars," hugely popular in Lagos, hit the airwaves a few months ago as a CD penned by an artist called Osofia:
"419 is just a game, you are the losers, we are the winners.
White people are greedy, I can say they are greedy
White men, I will eat your dollars, will take your money and disappear.
419 is just a game, we are the masters, you are the losers."
Second, the success :
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"When you get a reply, it's 70% sure that you'll get the money," Samuel said.
Third, the stupidity :
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Kovacsics (of the US Consolate) says he is awakened several nights a week by Americans pleading for help with an emergency, such as a fiancee (whom they have only met in an online chat room) locked up in a Nigerian jail. He has to tell them that there is probably no fiancee, no emergency.
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la...l=la-tot-promo
latimes.com :: October 20 2005
