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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 05:45 PM
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...id=an7Pm3hkmauw

red flag #1: guy is a nigerian business man
red fl-- ...actually, that's about all you need.

article says that the amount of gold they wanted to buy (20,000 tons), was twice as much as the US has in its reserves...which is the largest in the world. how did not any one of the 700+ investors look into this? pretty crazy.
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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psh, whatever. this nigerian business man told me I'll double my money if I send it to him first!

still waiting to hear back from him.....
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 08:34 PM
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Don't anyone watch the news theses days, so many reports of "nigerian" pulling scams. My nieces is 7years old and she knows about these scams. We as humans are gonna die off soon, we're too stupid When a more intelligent life form shows up, we're screwed
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by J0eys2k,Sep 1 2009, 10:34 PM
Don't anyone watch the news theses days, so many reports of "nigerian" pulling scams.
probably the same people who forgot to get the digital converter box....
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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Im sure god will get their money back for them.
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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Oh, well.. I don't mean to be cold but c'mon now.. 20,000 tons of gold?



I pity the fool who believed that kind of bullshit!
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 10:27 PM
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oh c'mon, triple their money? didnt these people's moms teach them that if it's too good to be true, it probably is???
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Greed at its finest.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by senor_flojo,Sep 1 2009, 08:37 PM
probably the same people who forgot to get the digital converter box....
Aint that the truth
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 06:58 AM
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WOW thats alot of wasted money during the four year investigation.
I wonder how much more was lost since this scam began in 1990...
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