On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Ralph Walter wrote:

> I had never heard of this (or any other) sort of con game until I lived in
> Jersey City, and was invariably amazed every time there was a story in the
> paper about how some moron fell for a deal where he put $1000 in a paper bag
> to show good faith to some asshole he met on the street who had just found
> $1000 in cash, and the bag got switched and the moron wound up with a bag
> full of shredded newspaper.

In the law enforcement biz, that's called "the pigeon drop".

The Nigerian email is an attempt to do the pigeon drop by electronic
means.

                               Larry

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