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Scam artist on Facebook – Part 1

So, I got a message from someone in my Facebook inbox the other day, someone I don't know and who isn't in my Friends list. This was the message:

Evette:

Hello
t's nice to come across your profile, I was bored so I decided to read through some profiles to get myself busy. I think I like what im reading from your profile so far and i would love to know more about you. I hope to hear from you soon

It looked like an obvious spam/scam type script. I was a bit bored, so I responded:

Me:

Hi Evette. Where are you from?

The reply I got to this was what made it pretty damn obvious that this was just your typical Nigerian scam in a different guise: