Quite Possibly the Best Tweet Evar

This touching tribute to the Internet’s most famous scammer, the “Nigerian Minister of Energy” highlights why I love twitter, and the innertubez in general.

RT @joshuantaylor: I feel sorry for the REAL Nigerian Minister of Energy. Does anyone ever answer his emails?” (via “@jacobwe)Thu Sep 30 20:00:13 via TweetDeck

Charlie Oliver
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For what it’s worth, this kind of scam is known as an “Advance Fee Fraud (AFF), known internationally as 4–1–9 fraud after the section of the Nigerian penal code which addresses fraud schemes.” #src