Hey! More African millionares want to give me their money!
Look at my and other self portraits in mirrors at the Mirror Project (thanks Julius), find me in meatspace (thanks Chris) and check out Jen Bennett's pictures of White Sands, New Mexico.
I'm gonna play. Scam-o-rama has many examples of attempted scams and successful counterscams precipitated by the prolific Dave Roth and others. The transcripts show the perps to be quite ignorant of our culture and, while persistant, they're not very creative.
My reply:
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These schemes have been around for a while, so I expect the con artists have learned from their experience and improved their art. I won't try to use silly celebrity references or blatant put downs. (Well, maybe just a little...)
My guy has set up a reasonable scenario: he works at a bank and is planning to rob the account of a dead man from Syria, a country labeled as an enemy by my government. I feel justified in stealing from the survivors, like if he's Brad Pitt and I'm Frank Sinatra (in Ocean's Eleven.)
The goal of this sport, not unlike fishing, is to net a trophy. I'll seed the idea that I need stuff by asking for documentation be sent to my PO box right away. Ultimately I want airplane tickets. What season is the West Coast of Africa the most pleasant? How will it look in ir? And why is that guy so affectionate?
An additional thought on that Beaujolais thing: they should lower the price so expectations aren't so high. Trader Joe's has Nouveau for $3 but it's only Nouveau until Friday, when it becomes old-vo.
