nigerian scam 419

i fell victim to the famous nigerian scams. this person won an item that i listed on ebay. i couldnt stop him from bidding because i wasnt watching the end of bidding time. i knew it right away once i saw the winner, and sure enough he expected me to send a used laptop to nigeria because he owns a japanese company that has a business partner in nigeria. he would give $180.00 more for the 'used laptop.' i even received a letter from 'paypal' confirming the payment, which of course never occured in my real paypal account.

here's my bit. i became aware with this scam about 3-4 years ago and never fully pay attention about it. but after my real 'experienced' with it, i started to research about the scam. to my surprise, these are not a new thing (nothing new under the sun, right.) this scams have many variations from advance fee scam to romance scam and dates back as early as 1920s, which at that time was known as the 'spanish prisoner' scam. basically this scams promise you a large amount of money if you could pay it forward the 'fee', 'comission', 'bribe' or whathaveyou in order to smooth things up and fasten the process of transfering the fund.

however, i wonder why havent any of the goverment agencies REALLY get wet and dig deeper in the mud of west africa and catch those slimy, slick, and dirty scumbags? because, from what ive read, one scam could rack about 15 millions a year and international fraud is the nations third largest income source.

maybe im naive, but the first thing came to my conspiracy mind was these have to be organized crime. and behind them have to be godfathers. but who are the real godfather(s) behind these labyrinth work of shameful acts. and why cant they be brought down to justice according to the law? could it be that they are above the nigerian laws or the international laws and they are protecting these operations and making sure they flourish as long as greed keeps biting the feeding frenzy baits they put out in this specially vast ocean of information era we call Internet?

all im saying is, these people feed on greed. what makes it any different than donald trump selling his book how to become a millionaire? the reason we buy that book or paying an advance fee scam is the same, we want to be rich. they advertise the same, its easy! if i can do it, you can too!

what if i make an assumption that the money is being used to fund the so-called terrorist organizations and they use it to 'attack our freedom?' which is not a far cry considering 50% of nigerias 130 million population are moslem. does it change the perspective now to go down dirty and clear things up over there?

have you ever thought that by agreeing with the scammer you actually helping those poor people in nigeria put bread on the table? those computer operators who send scam emails all over the world are pawns! they dont harvest all the money, they are subjects to the big fish. thats the $1 million question who is the big fish and how can this organized crime become corporate capitalism? or is it the other way around? well, 50 cents declared that he is a self made successful millionaire and learnt the only business model he knows while he was being a drug dealer! could it be capitalism is actually a crime to humanity blankets with more jobs to people and better economy for the nation? it cant be true! socialism, communism are so 80s we won the cold war! rambo killed all his enemies!

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 1 Timothy 6:10
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." Hebrew 13:5