“Honey?! This Nigerian Prince Needs Help!”
Prompt – Six Word Story Challenge – Scam
This scam is a type of Advanced Fee Scam, one of the most common frauds out there. It involves a fraudster posing as an influential person (A Nigerian Prince, FBI Agent, Royalty, etc) and offer a large sum of money to the victim, in return of a small upfront payment.
Once the victim pays the amount, the fraudster simply disappears or asks for more subsequent payments. There are other variants where the fraudster asks for personal banking details.
You can read more about the scam here
The Dark Netizen 
I was hit by it in 2018… wanted my bank a/c details so he could pay in large sums of money in his bid to launder it
I told him I didn’t have a bank a/c
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Too many out there waiting to make a dishonest buck!
Good thing you did not fall for it! 😀
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I wasn’t born yesterday.
And this last week I’ve had three calls supposedlt from BT to tell me they’re to cut off my internet connection because of miss-use. I reported immediately.
But It’s good to raise awareness.
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Agreed! 🙂
Scamming methods do keep getting more advanced
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Yea. Have to be ever alert
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There are so many people running so many scams. It’s hard to keep track!
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Exactly!!
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Ah, the Nigerian prince! A classic.
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Oh yes! XD
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Hahaha
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