The Nigerian prince spam scam is as old as e-mail itself. You know the gist: If only you help out this Nigerian prince in a far away village that you’ve never heard of by providing him his credit card number, he’ll make you fabulously rich with your cut of his massive royal fortune. It’s a fabled sucker scam.
Last week, authorities in Nigeria *actually* found an apartment filled with $43.4 million in currency. Bet you feel bad now for not e-mailing that guy back…
This prompted the entire Internet to make the exact same joke.
I've gotten a lot of spam, but Ive never actually received an email claiming to be from a Nigerian prince, until now pic.twitter.com/7HmirOZdHG
— Alex Gill (@thealexgill) April 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/ohthatkristina/status/852712914435944448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F04%2F17%2Fnigerian-cash-stash-43-million%2F
guess I shoulda replied to the emails..🤔 fuuk..hindsight
— Oddessa (@MMAOdds) April 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/notminenotnow/status/853716320642379778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F04%2F17%2Fnigerian-cash-stash-43-million%2F
Okay, okay, my credit card number is 4053 2311 3441 2211, so please do go ahead and release the funds to my bank account.
— Ross on Mastodon (@ottaross) April 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/IwanHughes2001/status/853679398838513666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F04%2F17%2Fnigerian-cash-stash-43-million%2F