Money Laundering and Men from Nigeria

I went to the public library to check my email after work yesterday. I had several of those emails I referred to in an earlier post, saying I had received a message on one of my personal ads. No longer as excited as I used to be, I clicked the link and signed in. I was shocked to see that I in fact had 15!!!! The first one said that he saw my profile and was just sure we were perfect for each other, and if I would chat with him, I would see it too. Except for one small detail, he said. HE LIVES IN NIGERIA!!! What!!! NIGERIA! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING! So I looked up his profile, I thought he was joking. No such luck! He was single, 98 lbs., and looking for love.-from NIGERIA!!! I went back to my mailbox and noticed that he had sent me the exact same email 5 times. My next message was short, and simply said he was looking for the woman of his dreams, and would like to chat with me. I looked up his profile. GHANA!!! I wish I was kidding!! GHANA!?! I almost burst out laughing, except I realized I was at the library, and people were already staring at me. As I continued through the mailbox, the next one I came to was from BERUIT! These men must really like America! Next was a different guy from Nigeria. My next message was a part time job opportunity from a Latvian textile company that wanted to send me cash in the mail and I would be paid to turn the cash into cashier's checks, and send them back to Latvia. I know that this is both money laundering and ILLEGAL!! By this point I am beside my self with disbelief, and eccstatic that I have something funny to blog about. I am also not done yet. The last message was from a guy in Germany, who insisted that he was intelligent and had command of the English language. I should have been impressed, but not so much. Apparently this is what it has come to. Luckily, I have not set my heart on finding love online. Although if I was interested in online matrimony, I would need to brush up on my Swahili.

Jonny's Pirate fact of the day: The "pirate flag" is called the Jolly Rogger!