Since there is no section on crime, I figure I should bring this under business because a lot of 419 acts will usually present as one business proposal or the other.

I got a call on my cell phone yesterday from a certain engr whose voice or name did not ring a bell from anywhere. He felt offended that I had forgotten about him so soon. Anyhow he thought I should know he has a job for me and I should call him back. Since I am not looking for a job and I am not a contractor it was clear this idiot wanted to con me using my airtime. How audacious.

I have had calls like this before (like I am sure a lot of peeps on NL) sometimes telling me about packages from the UK or US to pick up etc etc. I will usually play along and waste their credit but these people will never give up. With the kind of awareness Nigerians have about the activities of these conmen, it makes me wonder how they still manage to eke a living plying their trade. Hence I have to ask, have you ever been staged in a 419 scenario and conned? What was the story? Did they get away?