Comment thread "re: Puppy scam" for Douala International Airport

You're either a scammer or an idiot. People who've traveled to Africa to confront scammers have either ended up being held for ransom or dead. "Some cop in Indiana" doesn't have the sophistication to trace through dead drop email addresses and Western Union drops. Especially not if he's already proven that he's the sort of doofus who falls for simple scams that 5 minutes of googling would have shown is a scam.

Reply to @ptomblin: Listen here, if u get money from a western union they have your picture! If u can't help me, then shut the fuck up! I don't need ur bullshit, and I didn't get scammed, my wife did it was a surprise for Xmas! Now I will get them, I will take care of them! I don't leave shit undone! So just get off ur high fucking horse and drop your bullshit! Unless u have Vidal information, I don't wanna here from u!

Be sure and update your will. Your widow will appreciate it, providing she doesn't first give all your money to the kidnappers as ransom before they kill you.

Reply to @ptomblin: See they funny thing is, I'm not going alone, and I'm not just a normal cop exmilitary did 6 yes n Iraq, and killed more people then u can count on your hands and toes! So when I say I will tale care of someone, I'll take care of them....just shut the fuck up if u don't have any information!

So you're going to go over there, and assuming Western Union has exactly the same procedures in Cameroon as they do in Indiana, some American doofus who doesn't speak the language and has no legal authority is going to get them to show you a picture. That picture will be of some guy who the scammers grabbed off the street and paid $5 to go collect the money, probably a beggar or a prostitute. He never saw them before or since. You are going to spend a month going around asking everybody in the whole city if they've seen this guy, and even if somebody has and can point them out, the trail will go completely cold at this point because he knows nothing about the scammers. Meanwhile everybody in Cameroon will know you're an idiot and will be working scams on you, including the police and the military. You'll spend every cent you have, and if you're really really lucky you won't get kidnapped or killed. Where exactly does you ability to kill as part of a military organization benefit you in this scenario? Cameroon jails are probably not pleasant places, and while the police are corrupt they won't hesitate to throw a foreigner in jail if he starts threatening people or brandishing weapons.

I advise everybody here to go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_scam#Puppy.2Fpet_scam and first read the section on puppy scams. Then read the section on why they use Western Union (hint: it's completely, 100% untracable). Then read the section called "Followup scamming", because although sadly somebody who writes English as badly as the guy I'm replying to might actually be an American, he probably isn't. Then read the section called "Physical harm or death" about all the people who have been kidnapped and/or killed because they thought they'd go show those Africans a thing or two.

Reply to @ptomblin: man do u have anything better to do? Here is the funny thing, I spoke with the dumbass's over in Cameroon, and they know what I do, who I am, and what I'm capable of...I just received my money back paid in full as of 11:00 clock this morning, that's 5:00 clock there time incase ur a idiot! I agreed to post new posting up for there dogs, they sent me a email address in which they wanted to have the postings go to, and I changed the password until they sent the money! But I got the money, forwarded the password and email to the FBI, then when they logged on the FBI got there location! So I got my situation taken care of how about u?

And I am writing this all on a IPhone, incase u don't know what that is, it's a high tech phone that does email, Texting, Internet, games, and phone....look it up! So Call me a scam, call me a asshole (been called alot worse), but I got the problem resolved....

Man, you're hilarious. Go back to your Chuck Norris fantasy, dude, you're really lousy at this one. And I'm not going to point out the 15 reasons why your story is obviously full of shit, because I don't want to hear your next load of BS to try and explain this load of BS away.

By the way, I'm supposed to be impressed you have an iPhone? I write apps for the iPhone, moron.