Mine's the one with the deeds to London Bridge in the pocket...

His whole family fell for it. There wasn't one person who was bright / cyncical enough to think, "fudge that, you never know what people are going to do with my money". They deserve to lose it, basically.

you got to feel sorry for the poor old sod, but its quite fitting to remember "a fool and his money are soon parted"

If it wasn't for the supidity of the one, the many would never have anything to laugh at

Mines the on with a Nigerian passport in it

I always snigger when I read about the different scams these guys pull.

But it makes me almost burst with incredulity when I hear that some idiot has actually fallen for one of them.

I have no sympathy for him.

particularly since parents & uncles happily stumped up cash as well

what were *they* thinking?

I hope El Reginald's vitriolic correspondents will show this guy a little compassion in their commenting. He doesn't need to be told he's a chipstick, he has enough people round him reminding him of that fact. He could well see these comments.

Go easy. He is still the victim of a crime (as much as of his own naivete).

"I never get calls anymore from my friends."

I'm pretty sure that once they actually get up off the floor and can breathe properly again, he will be at the top of their list of people to call...

And this guy was Canadian you say?? I wonder how long ago he decided to make the move to north of the border...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2131643.ece

"A LONELY postal worker has landed himself in huge debt – after handing over £130,000 to a string of internet scammers."

...note it runs in the family. Not only did he fall for the scam, but so did his parents and uncle!

Paris, because even she isn't that...oh hold on, yes she is....

It is hard to find sympathy for such a stupid and greedy individual. However I do feel sorry for his poor, erstwhile family who must be thinking of disowning him.

EPIC FAIL.

Those 419s don't really deserve that money, but this plonker deserved to lose his. On the down side, he compounded his stupidity by cleaning out half of his friends and relatives. Dear god, is there a financial version of the Darwin Award?

..... D'OH!

Mines the one with common-sense in the pocket!

You owe me a new computer screen!

Someone fell for that, to the tune of $150,000? Anyone would think they're a uk taxpayer or Paris Hilton.

TWAT!!!!

Is this guy possibly the most stupid person on the face of this earth?!

Why do people keep falling for these things? The amount of times advance fee has been covered in the media you'd think most people would know better.

I guess it just highlights how greedy people can be - especially when it looks like an easy way to get money. *sigh*

Suppose we just have to wait for next months article about the next idiot who's lost $90K to 419's......

Who was it that is supposed to have said "It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful"?

R.

with 150grand to blow through family and himself?

A fool and their money are easily parted. (just look at how much comrade gordon clown gave the banks !!)

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha etc.

BTW, anybody got this guy's email address...might be worth contacting him in a few years (after he's had a chance to earn some cash) to try it again - I reckon he's thick and greedy enough to fall for it a second time.

Might get f***ed

But won't get scammed.

/headdesk

We can start a pool! "What's the biggest amount of money a 419 scammer is going to get out of someone by December 31st?" My choice? $334,126.87

'Cos I like being precise!

What does (or did) he do for a living? Obvious he did not go to uni. He lived off air from his family and now he has no friends (they probably sponged off him and now word's out that he's truly a fuk-wit).

Hey, where's my wallet? It had $419 exactly in it!

...Dr Umga Banga from the Nigerian Rothschild Bank that I've been in communication with regarding my inheritance from a very very very distant friend of a cousin's wife's uncle "might" not be who he seems to be?

Do you think I should stop making payments to claim this $18.3 million I was lead to believe I was entitled to?

My God, I think I've been conned!

Is there anyone here willing to lend me $100,000 while I claim the $500,000 I've recently just paid out, Of course I'll use your bank details to prove I'm genuine, just send me the details.

Many good greetings and salutational thanks.

because I know Robert Mugabe's nephew's sister's aunt's brother's mother's half-brother's grandson's godfather has $78 million to get out of Zimbabwe before Easter.....

Is it that early victims of the 419ers didn't get reported, or is there a sudden upsurge in rich morons falling for this con?

I just find it incredible, that with all the news reports, with full details of the kind of stories the scammers use, that anyone could still fall for these scams.

Not sure that "stupid" really covers it. There must be a large component of "living under a rock" in there somewhere.

*Real* marks get taken for GBP 130k

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4047498.Hampshire_man_loses___130_000_in_internet_scam/

Is it certain this guy is Canadian ? Is he from the Bush family tree perhaps ? Hmmm can I get his email address I believe he owes me some "legal fess" for tarnishing the reputation of Canadians.

oh yeah, he'll pay ...

When I got the email from the daughter of a diamond miner from Zimbabwe, now living in Lagos, offering me 10% of her dead dad's fortune for helping her get it out of the country (she needed a bank account in a different name at a Western bank for some reason) I thought it prudent to go there in person and investigate. While waiting for her one night on a suburban football field I was kidnapped by a gang of ruffians. They allowed me access to my email account so that I could email friends and family to request funds but unfortunately everyone thought it was some sort of scam and that it wasn't actually me. What a misunderstanding!

If he was the *median* person then 50% of people are more stupid that him.