This is so funny it’s sad. A while back I sent a http://jonathanmurray.com/greymatter/archives/00000686.htm joking response to a “Nigerian scam” email. Today I happened across the story linked below, outlining the sentencing for one of these fraudsters who got caught… but not until after they’d stolen $242 MILLION after promising a kickback of $13 million. The idiot “victim” was a highly placed official in a Brazil bank. From the brief article, this genius was a willing participant in the fraud of his bank – which begs the question, if he knew they were taking the bank for that much, why did he settle for such a paltry cut? Oh well, at least he’s in jail, too.

BBC NEWS | Africa | Jail for Nigerian bank fraudster

A court in Nigeria has sentenced a woman to two and a half years in prison for her part in the country’s biggest ever international fraud case.