Music and the Nigerian 419 scam
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:50 am
Who thought music sites would get infected from this? You've all probably are aware of the Nigerian "419" scam - somebody has access to a ton of money, all you have to do is help them pull off an illegal act, show goodwill by sending this person money as a deposit for the millions you're going to get... well it hit one of the music sites I use to generate business all with an initial harmless e-mail that felt like an inquiry.... here's their follow-up e-mail to me and my response...initially, this individual reached out to me to ask for some "production" help with their music...I wrote back and this is the follow-up and my response....hope you get a good laugh out of this one.... and beware!"Thank you very much for your mail. My name is Rita Cisse and I’m 27rys old from Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa but I was born in New York City USA for some circumstance I’m presently staying here in Dakar Senegal as a result of the civil war occurred in my country that took away my parents.My late father Dr. Tijan Kaba Cisse a politician under the government of Late Gen. Robert Gue the former head of state before the rebels attacked our house one early morning killed my mother and my father. I am a good singer but due to the death of my parents I loss the track. Now I am looking for the opportunity to get myself on the track again and I know you are in good position to do so that was my aim of contacting you after going through your profile at bandmix.com to seek for good directions and the best way. And I believe you are in good position to put me through, please just tell me what it will take me, and then I will be pleased to follow your advice.I want to come back to the States and so I have a lot of things I would want you to assist me of, because I am the only child of my parents. Please email me at; ricisse@yahoo.com there I will tell you more about myself.Rita.---------------Hi Rita - again - as I said in my previous post - I only work with artists that are ready for a record deal and can pay me up front.From your post, I am quite sure you are part of a Nigerian 419 scam and no where close to getting a record deal. You are probably a male (instead of the hot female pic you've posted on this website) from Nigeria who has wasted my time thinking you'll get me romantically involved with you and then convince me to come to Nigeria so you can kidnap me for ransom.If you're serious about being in the music business, you can give me US $25,000 cash. Come to New York alone with the cash and I'll tell you where you can meet me.