Why did this woman, a reverend and a nurse, give over $400,000 to Nigerian email scammers? It started with just $100. The emails told her a long-lost relative with the same last name had $20.5 million caught up in the banks of Nigeria. Janella Spears just had to help with a few processing fees…
As she sent the money, more and more obstacles would arise, each needing more money to solve. Driven by blind greed, she sent over $400,000 to the scammers, draining her and her husband’s savings, retirement fund, mortgaged the house and put a lien on the car.
Despite warning from family and friends for over two years that it was a scam, she was obsessed with getting the jackpot. Only after Department of Justice investigators happened across her $144,000 Western Union transfers while investigating a different money laundering did she stop. She only stopped because the DoJ told her if she sent any more money they would charge her with a crime
That’s why these emails will continue to clog our spam filters. There will always be someone greedy out there where the prospect of a huge payday with just trip something in their brain and they suspend all reason and let themselves get bled dry.
Woman out $400K to ‘Nigerian scam’ con artists [KATU]
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She looks like Richard Lynch to me.
And I’m not saying she isn’t an idiot, but are we sure she’s not also a little cracked?
I wish She was my Nurse!
Where was “El Wimpo” Hubby during all of this?
Mac
PT Barnum would be so proud ….
Well all I can say is, I hope that events like this don’t make people racist towards Nigerians, or Africans in general, but unfortunately I know there are a handful of idiots that will…
Either way, it’s a shame, but at the same time, it’s 2008, you have to be careful.
Since this nurse is also a “reverend”, this verse is appropriate:
MAT 23:25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but insidethey are full of greed and self-indulgence.”
A friend of mine also fell into such a scam sometime back. The promise of a good life with a successful Nigerian businessman was too enticing for someone in her situation – single and lonely, educated with a good job, plus a little savings. I feel sorry for her, but was surprised that she would be a victim of such a scam that has been going on for years.
Dear Stupid, Greedy People:
If you hate your money so much, please send it to me. You still won’t get anything out of it, but I will buy myself some gourmet bacon and a bottle of really good wine, and send you pictures of me enjoying the hell out of them.
Wow. I can understand getting scammed once for $100, but when you start mortgaging your home for this…I just don’t know. I guess she wears the balls in the family, where was the husband?
It only takes one of her for all of us to get these emails.
Are you kidding me? This isn’t about senility…
This is just an example of how STUPID redneck white people can be. I’m white myself, so I’m well aware of these people, as they surround me daily with their blatant ignorance for any truths, believing anything that they hear.
Just like the lady at the McCain rally that thought Obama is a terrorist… just complete unadulterated ignorance.
In the words of David Duke, a KKK leader (whose views I personally do not agree with), “WAKE UP WHITE PEOPLE” – hahaha you morons… serves you right for being so ignorant.