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Re:I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me by gotofritz on Thursday October 20, 2016 @10:26AM (#12752470)
Are you a geek? Is there no way you can start impersonating him and telling her you've been lying to her etc
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Re:I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me by pavel_lishin on Thursday October 20, 2016 @11:37AM (#12753245)
Or get her to start sending money to a different account, one registered in her name.

Aside from the fact that you're impersonating someone, what would the legal ramifications be of "stealing" from someone only to deposit the money in an account they nominally control, but aren't aware of?

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Re:I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me by mgkimsal on Thursday October 20, 2016 @12:02PM (#12753495)
the cynical side of me thinks some regional prosecutor would love to make a name for himself my throwing the book at you for doing such a thing...
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Re:I went to Nigeria to meet a man who scammed me by astrodust on Thursday October 20, 2016 @01:51PM (#12754502)
Maybe DDOS the scammer somehow.
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