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“It is the right of any detribalised, honest and qualified Nigerian to aspire to the highest office of the land to bring progress, peace, reconciliation and other dividends of democracy.

“It is also in order for a performing incumbent to seek a legitimate extension of his/her tenure in office as long as the peoples vote will count and the bid does not run contrary to any prior agreements reached within their party. MEND believes in honour and integrity.”

I love those words. The people always should have the final say; all things being equal, and not threat or intimidation and promise of a "Blood Bath" if a supposed candidate does not win.

Meet the ex-'Seinfeld' funnyman turning the tables on ‘Nigerian princes’

Comedian Barry Marder during a recent appearance on Seinfeld's
Just about anyone with an email account has gotten a missive from someone claiming to be a “Nigerian prince” asking for money and promising a large financial reward in return.

And while the vast majority of us simply ignore the email scams, one man has managed to turn the tables on the aspiring con artists in a very unusual, and funny, way.

Comedian and author Barry Marder actually replies to the Nigerian prince emails.

Often using his pseudonym Ted L. Nancy, Marder sends polite, engaging and entirely naive messages to the individuals asking for his money. And he doesn’t stop replying until the con men themselves literally beg him to leave them alone.

“Basically, I drove them nuts until they cut it off,” Marder told Yahoo News. “They said get away from me, you’re a slowpoke.”

The resulting exchanges were so unexpected and entertaining that Marder showed his pal Jerry Seinfeld, who suggested turning them into a new show.

Ted L. Nancy: Letters from a nut

The story of how Marder, a longtime friend and collaborator of Seinfeld's, started his unusual correspondence with the Nigerian scammers dates to the 1990s.

Marder created the Ted L. Nancy character as a way to interact with companies who invite customers to write them about their experiences with the company’s products.

“I came up with this character in 1994 with my girlfriend, Phyllis Murphy,” Marder said of Nancy’s origins. “I was eating a bag of Fritos, and she was watching TV at 4 in the morning. On the bag, it said, 'If you’ve got any problems, write Fritos.' I said to myself, 'Who would write to Fritos?'”

Marder, as Ted L. Nancy, then began writing letters to major corporations and even public utility providers. And strangely enough, they wrote back.

“I wrote to the gas company and told them I was an avid reader of your gas pamphlets,” Marder told Yahoo News. “I started to get answers back, and I thought wow, these people are going to answer me.”

The Ted L. Nancy act works by seeing how long someone will indulge the ridiculous rants of an entirely sincere, enthusiastic and wildly uninformed man.

“Ted is a very nice, polite person,” Marder explained. “He’s not contentious. He compliments them. And then he starts with the horror, ‘I like to check into your hotel with 300 hamsters.’ Ted was a nut. But he was really nice, friendly nut.”

Eventually, Seinfeld encouraged Marder to compile the Nancy letters into a book. The Ted L. Nancy series – Letters From a Nut became so popular that many people assumed they were actually written by Seinfeld himself. Eventually, the pair had to make a series of national TV appearances on programs like NBC’s “Today” show to convince a skeptical audience that Marder was in fact the person behind Nancy.

'By the sixth exchange, they would be telling me I was a slowpoke'

When the Ted L. Nancy email account started receiving messages from individuals claiming to be Nigerian princes, lawyers or doctors, he knew it was a natural way to extend the humorously benign adventures of Ted L. Nancy.

“Everyone in America gets these letters,” Marder said. “'We have $22 million for you,’ they have this sob story, etc. The stories became more and more outlandish.”

“Comedy is a very good vehicle to show people the truth,” Marder explains. “I would get into 20 to 30 email exchanges with them. I’d ask them if I could get some spending money, could I get some money for dry cleaning," he said.

And while Marder would never actually send any of the email scammers money, he would send them pictures of other, unusual items as part of the ruse.

For example, he’d mail a picture of a single sock or swimming goggles to the physical address where the scammers were asking him to wire money. Then, he would demand that they send back a photo of the sock to confirm they had received his package.

“By the sixth exchange, they would be telling me I was a slowpoke,” Marder said. “This went on until every one of them told me off. I think this is just weird, funny stuff. It’s a social thing, it does paint a picture.”

Along the way, he interacted with scammers hailing from Russia, India and, of course, Nigeria. In the end, they all had two things in common: First they asked for money, and eventually, they all gave up and asked Nancy to just go away.

And now, Marder said he wants to turn the Nigerian prince email exchanges into a new animated Web series. He hopes he and Seinfeld could do some of the voices and his brother Alan Marder could animate a series of 10 episodes chronicling the increasingly bizarre exchanges.

As to whether there’s a deeper social meaning to his efforts, Marder said it’s all done for laughs. But he’s hopeful that anyone not already aware of the scam emails sees his videos before getting roped in.

“Anyone that preys on anyone for any reason, it’s wrong,” he said. “They’re not offering any kind of real service. I think they should be stopped.”

Source:http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/-meet-the-comedian-turning-the-tables-on-%E2%80%98nigerian-princes%E2%80%99--162316356.html

Picture of a fulfilled man. Good.

Good for him. Wish him all the best.

Positiveminds: When he dies, they will all rest. Greedy idiots.

You said it all. The long and short of the whole story is GREED. I just pity Gov. Suntai, he is been prepared to been used to siphon the State treasury; WICKED SYCOPHANTS. To the so called "Wife", you allowed your Husband and the father of Children to be made a laughing stock. I can say with all boldness that Suntai is not aware of a bigger conspiracy to use him for selfish purposes by some WICKED politicians from Taraba, he has been fed with all sorts stories; he is only following through. I wish him a miraculous healing, but for now I urge the wife to insist the husband needs to resign and recover properly, the State can make a commitment to assist with all necessary bills. Un-tie Suntai Please.

@lordsbiz. True to what you just explained, i just did a quick sampling using the Indonesia Super Liga from what you have just explained and it really gave me a deeper understanding of their goals scoring pattern which I never really bothered before now. I have visited soccervista in the past, but was just to take a peep on their predictions. What I have gained overtime from what you have explained is that; we should view what we are doing as a business and successes is only determined by our persistence in wanting to study to see if any pattern exist in terms of goals scored in a particular league. No doubt, football is unpredictable game and results could be very funny in some instances, but generally each league has a pattern that can be exploited. I Twalle for you Chairman, ride on; I no confuse at all.

[/quote]Bros if you check the topic of this thread really well, you will discover that it is not related to what you are marketing; kindly open another thread for this, please don't derail what we are addressing here. "You Go Wound O!"

Chairman! I throw you TWALLE! I understand so far. I beg take that rest and come back.

lordsbiz: TODAY'S LECTURE
TOPIC:HOW TO ANALYSE GAMES FOR MORE ACCURATE WINNINGS
LIKE I SAID NO ONE SHOULD ENDEAVOUR TO BET TODAY UNTIL WE ARE THROUGH WITH THIS CLASS AND THOSE WHO HAVE MONEY IN THEIR BET ACCOUNT WILL BE HAVING A BET ASSIGNMENT TODAY TO CHECK PROGRESS.
BEFORE WE GO INTO THE CLASS I WILL LIKE TO BUTRESS A FEW FACTS. WHEN I STARTED THIS THREAD I PROMISE TO MAKE YOU GUYS WINNERS WHICH I AM DEFINITELY DOING. SOME HAVE BEEN MAKING WINS WHILE SOME ARE EXPERIENCING A HARD TIME. THE PURPOSE OF THIS THREAD IS TO MAKE YOU WINNING STEADILY AND CONSISTENTLY MINIMISING LOSES TO THE BAREST MINIMUM. BUT FROM WHAT I JUST SAID LET ME TRY TO SHOW YOU THINGS YOU MIGHT BE MISSING WHICH IS: I PROMISE TO MAKE YOU A WINNER NOT A LAZY WINNER. I NEVER SAID YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WORK FOR YOU TO WIN SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A CHEAP WAY TO WIN BETTER MOVE ON TO THOSE BETTING SEASONS AND PICK PREDICTION THERE LIKE EVERY OTHER PeOPLE. BUT IF YOU CHOOSE TO BE HERE WITH US AM NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A FISH WHICH IS PREDICTION BUT I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO FISH AND IF YOU WANNA LEARN HOW TO FISH YOU NEED TO WORK IN LEARNING THe TRADE. NOTHING IS FREE IN LIFE YOU GIVE SOMETHING TO GET SOMETHING AND IN THIS CASE YOU GIVE YOUR MONEY AND YOUR TIME. SO LETS CARRY ON

Thanks man for all your effort. Our sleeves are rolled up ready to receive the "NET' to fish. I don tire been fed with fish, I want to catch the fish myself. Bring it on Chairman.

I am fully awake, ride on. Good Morning.

Omexonomy: He should be stop from watching hollywood films and be tourtured by forcing him to watch nollywood films

Ah! This one could be more disastrous; he could become a ritualist O!

I guessed as much. They rebels needed to create an excuse to necessitate an invasion to over throw the Assad's regime. Very wicked of the rebels.

Pk001: I hate bigots like you!
Who told you he is incapacitated? Do you know what the constitution says about declaring some incapacitated?
I have bad news for you. Danbaba Suntai remains the Governor of Taraba state. He is back to resume work.
The legislators did the right thing in the constitution by placing his deputy in acting capacity 21 days after he left office, which the national assembly fail to do during Yaradua Saga even after 2 months.

Now that suntai is back, all he needs to do is to right the state assembly informing them that he is back.
Bien Venu my Governor!
Haters go and hug transformer.

HABA!!!!!!!!!! This is sycophancy at its peak. HABA!! HABA!!! What sort of NONSENSE is this.

lordsbiz: GUYS MAKE UNA PLEASE HOLD ON FOR ME OH. MY BIS SUPPOSE DONE EXPIRE THIS MORNING BY 10:35 AND I DONE PASS THRESHOLD ON FRIDAY. I HAVE ALREADY LOADED 1k CREDIT BEFORE THE EXPIRY TIME. BUT THE THING REFUSE TO AUTO RENEW OH. SO PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME TILL IT AUTO RENEWS COS I NO WAN MISS THE ADDITIONAL 3WEEKS. I DON DEY BURN CARD POST SINCE FRIDAY OH. THE LEAST YOU GUYS CAN DO IS WAIT A LITTLE TILL THE THING AUTO RENEW. AND FOR THOSE WHO LIKE READING THE OTHERSIDE OF AN INFORTMATION. I SAID I HAVE ALREADY LOADED CREDIT ON MY PHONE OH AND AM NOT ASKING FOR CARD FROM ANYBODY. SO NO BODY SHOULD OFFER ANYTHING OR TRY TO MANIPULATE MY WORDS OH. THE ONLY THING YOU GUYS CAN DO IS WAIT AND IF ANYBODY HAS EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE AND KNOW A WAY AROUND IT. I WILL DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE INFO.

My finger don cross. I dey wait. Good Morning.

ngezeck: Hello peeps who is with me

ride on bro. Am on.

Eze nnaemeka: Getting interesting. I understood you formula @lordsbiz. But let's take for example, i placed bet on 8 scoreline with 100 naira each. And the odd that won it is the one of 7.5 how much gain will i make.

well to my on understanding, as lordsbiz has said over time, you win some, you lose some, but the percentage of the wins selections will be on the higher side. Like in the case you stated above could be counted as one of those losses. My own take, though.

The attitute of most of our embassies abroad is pathetic, that not withstanding, home remains home. I feel your pain young lady, burning the green passport is not the way out, whether you have a canadian or any of its like passport, there would come a time where an action or inaction around you where you are resident will remind you that you are not from there.

JimloveTM: this are the odds i got from nairab corresponding for the scores above following lordbiz idea.. (11.0,11.0,8.0,11.0,16.0,5.5,7.5,12.0)

True! Well done Bro. This "on-point on-point" sample you just gave just made this strategy a lot easier to understand.

lordsbiz: so today we shouldnt dull, i will be teaching how to make sure wins and cutting your losses, and the trick is all about goals, i told you no one can predict correct football matches like i will always note that except prophet TB joshua decide to raise octopus paul from grave we will have to keep with our formulations, now let move ahead, the key to this type of winning is called "Multiple single correct score Bet" after this teaching you will be able to understand and apply it and see how it really work, though you still have to work your math out and believe for the best, so the topic for todays formular is "MULTIPLE SINGLE CORRECT SCORE BET" anybody familiar with this before i break it down even if you ever tried it, i got the magic wand to make you win with this more and that is to follow so whats the deal? make i continue?

What!!! Chairman continue to part two.

Just stepping in. Great Morning and a "Greenful" day to the house ahead.

lordsbiz: like have always said you cant predict the outcome of a football game in 1X2 category, even big predigtion websites that have all the resouces fail woefully at it let alone us with just our phone, you think am lying check this site out http://www.windrawwin.com/predictions/yesterday/ this is their yesterday predictions, see what result they got, imagine someone who thought like this`WOW THIS IS A GOOD SITE THEY MUST ATLEAST BE MAKING GOOD PREDICTIONS SO LET ME BET ON THEIR PREDICTIONS" what would is day have being like after seeing the results? please check it out and comment, remember na big site o!

o boy! Folllowing those predictions posted could wreck anyone. All the predictions 'na over the bar'

Goals no doubt are the essence of soccer. In most matches goals are always scored. The possibility of getting the right matches is why this thread of yours has become necessary. Keep the heat on.

@ lordsbiz. I must commend you. What you have dished out so far could be likened to a hungry man about to be served his own portion of food, you could imagine the salivation. I am following patiently. Keep it up bro

Interesting so far. Am following.

well done boys. Keep the heat up.

This is the bitter truth. I am opportuned to be close to some very influencial persons, when you hear them discuss, you will just weep for this nation. Even amongst the man on the street, all are just praying to have a hand on the National 'cake'. What we have is whoever is given the opportunity to be in postion of leadership simply 'eat and break the plate', whoever is coming after will look for his or her plate, a day will come when there would be no more plate to eat with.

Chrisvicmall: Check your account again please.

Thank you the sum has been credited in my account.

Chrisvicmall: Do you have a diamond bank account?

I have dropped details of my daimond bank and have not heard from you guys. What else would you have me do so we can get this issue over with.

excelsiorfarm: @simplyOJ,dried spicy pepper can be a good natural preservative.avoid beans with holes in it.

Thank you so very much for your responses. May God enlarge your wisdom much more.

Chrisvicmall: Do you have a diamond bank account?

see details as follows

James Ogbu

0025515524

Diamond Bank

@excelsiorfarm: I must commend you first for your humility and promptness in attending various questions of people. May the good Lord uphold and establish you in all your endeavors IJN.

One question I have is with regards to re-packaging of beans into smaller packs for sale; Knowing that this "stubborn" insects associated with beans always have a way of getting into the beans, can you recommend any preservative that would not be injurious to health nor reduce the quality of the beans? No supermarket would be willing to take in any product that could bring in insects to their racks.Please advise.

Chrisvicmall: Do you have a diamond bank account?

I have diamond bank account.