tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536903892486841549.post3982645380058709788..comments2009-06-18T14:54:47.525-07:00abrahamnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536903892486841549.post-33740711279896933412009-06-18T14:54:47.525-07:002009-06-18T14:54:47.525-07:00arg! my spellchecker WASN&#39;T ON! And since I signed in as anonymous. no way to correct it.<br />Sorry.<br /><br />gilesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536903892486841549.post-17466501222278410442009-06-18T14:36:01.238-07:002009-06-18T14:36:01.238-07:00EXCELLENT PIECE! Really loved reading this.... I enjoy anyone who toys around &amp; &quot;plays&quot; with these idiot abusers of the web.<br /><br />There IS a critical point that you seemed to have missed - that it’s unlikely there actually was any &quot;woman&quot; involved here. Instead I think it’s quite likely this was a guy – maybe several - in nigeria.<br /><br />(Many of the scams as you know come from nigeria, including some I&#39;ve seen of supposed &quot;russian women&quot; claiming to be looking for various ARRANGEMENTS &amp; hook-ups. And this &#39;staci&#39; business resembled those a fair bit.)<br /><br />And, regarding your wondering about how it could be that &quot;she” would continue to persevere &amp; kept writing you despite getting no (financial) response from you, I would answer that it is very simple: The &quot;she&quot; /he/they never tired because:<br />AS LONG AS YOU ARE RESPONDING there is hope - however faint - for some cash forthcoming. <br /><br />There was a program about nigerian scammers on TV a couple years ago. In it a number of young nigerian men/boys were interviewed about their Online scamming. When asked WHY they send out such hopelessly ridiculous, flimsy-storied mailings, which clearly very few people would EVER be taken in by, their response was immediate and uncertain. They answered that it only takes a very very very small number of &quot;hits&quot; out of all those many thousands of &quot;misses&quot; to make it financially rewarding for them. Given that their standard of living is so low it doesn&#39;t take very much of our dollars to make any successful scam a very HUGE payoff. One guy said when he only gets a very low amount of successful scam responses in a year (I think it was something like 3-4) he could buy a car and a house and live like a king.<br /><br />So, (for ‘staci’), WHY NOT keep playing along with you? As long as you were continuing to respond, in any way, you were offering them at some bucks than the many thousands of non-responders.<br /><br />Perhaps you got passed along between more than one person.. maybe one guy specializes in “goofballs” (to them) who keep writing without swallowing the hook. But, I&#39;m just speculating here.<br /><br />Lastly, the concept of challanging &quot;her&quot; to write you a poem was inspired! I’m still tickled thinking about it – it’s just a wonderful idea. At the same time, it was something I instinctly felt would NOT be responded to. If you consider it, you were asking a con-man to do something COMPLETELY AGAINST HIS GRAIN: to be personally revealing. No matter how minor or inane the request might seem, a poem, after all, is to some degree self-revealing and self-exposing.<br /><br />I suppose&#39;s other explanations (cultural differences for example) come into play, but this one stands out to me. I feel it is something that would not be readily or easily responded to and, even unconsciously, would tend to be avoided... by someone wanitng his true nature to be invisible, unnoticed. <br /><br />Let me know what you think of my ‘theories’ on this.<br /><br />regards,<br /><br />giles n.<br /><br />gilesq_lynn AT yahoo DOT comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536903892486841549.post-43272395337059486462009-03-29T14:30:00.000-07:002009-03-29T14:30:00.000-07:00Wow.<BR/><BR/>Not only was this interesting, it was amazing. =]Breeanne Jenissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16692009487649148916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536903892486841549.post-22758728707737693402008-09-28T21:53:00.000-07:002008-09-28T21:53:00.000-07:00This "medical humanitarian nurse" is also a regular responder on Craigslist Paris under the name "Sandra Roland."<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed reading your account!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536903892486841549.post-62703338284228882232008-09-23T20:59:00.000-07:002008-09-23T20:59:00.000-07:00Just stumbled on this, interesting stuff. There are so many scams out there it pays to be cautious about everything.golfprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05381458587244620085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536903892486841549.post-54331128246355632372008-08-22T03:14:00.000-07:002008-08-22T03:14:00.000-07:00I just finished reading all of your entries. Thank you for sharing, I am quite amused!n...e...r...dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16883295372076957457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536903892486841549.post-3701954210713883472008-08-17T01:34:00.000-07:002008-08-17T01:34:00.000-07:00"To try and peel back the mask and look into the man or woman who created her is as pointless an act as the ancient astronomers who thought they could peel back the night sky and see the machinery that runs the stars."<BR/><BR/>That's really lovely; I'll be hearing that in my head the next time I write dialogue.Vanilla Chunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557790577435036365noreply@blogger.com