Apr 2019
To many, and a few,
This is not new,
Old as anyone can remember,
Cycling from January through December;
Obtaining by false pretence,
Others later coined a preference,
Yahoo! Yahoo!
Yahoo! Plus! with added voodoo;
And from Cairo to Capetown,
Or Freeport through Freetown,
Victims have been left devastated,
Even the smartest outwitted;
Advance fee fraud,
I've got gold in the cloud,
You should be investing?
So, where should I be paying?
This is not new,
Old as anyone can remember,
Cycling from January through December;
Obtaining by false pretence,
Others later coined a preference,
Yahoo! Yahoo!
Yahoo! Plus! with added voodoo;
And from Cairo to Capetown,
Or Freeport through Freetown,
Victims have been left devastated,
Even the smartest outwitted;
Advance fee fraud,
I've got gold in the cloud,
You should be investing?
So, where should I be paying?
Nigeria has gained notoriety for being the host of a number of online and offline scams. Locally referred to as 419 or Yahoo Yahoo, this sometimes elaborate schemes involve as huge as entire life savings to as ridiculous as stuffing blank paper in place of real items hawked around the streets. It has gained that country some infamy but also painted foreign victims as greedy people who'd fall prey to really stupid set ups. CRAZY.
