Nigerian scams aren’t new. For as long as we’ve had email, we’ve had princes claiming millions of dollars are ready for you to claim. They’re right there with emails boasting free lottery numbers and ads for sexual enhancement pills.

Except this one.

In this next-level bit of scamming, a man is asking for a mere $3 million to rescue a Nigerian astronaut (no need to adjust your screen) who was left behind — a la Matt Damon — by those awful Russians. The original email was published, in full, at Anorak.
There are many lulz to be had, but in my opinion the biggest of them all is the fact that a man has been sitting in space since for 15-plus years after getting left behind in favor of cargo and he’s “in good humor.”

All-in-all it was a valiant attempt. There has never been anything recorded about an astronaut that goes by Abacha Tunde. The mission timeline is quite off, meaning they either don’t exist or are misaligned with the proper dates, but elsewhere the attention to detail was strong. The scammers even used a .gov email account, from this government website.

Hopefully we can get Major Abacha Tunde back home soon where he can enjoy all the things he missed out on having spent 15-plus years in space, like ‘The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,’ vagina speakers and crazy drone races.
source: http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2016/02/12/this-nigerian-scam-is-literally-out-of-this-world/

Ok. Awon ole gbogbo

;DThis got me laughing real hard.
notice how the last picture says "who we are". well i leave that out for @mBuhari and Ben Bruce to decide.

Perhaps he got the inspiration from "The Martian" movie.

You should know that most people who fall for scams are not just greedy, but stupid to boot.
So, don't be so surprised if this seemingly ridiculous bait ends up catching a prey.

You won't believe how monumentally stup!d some people really are.

Methinks the whole fuss about scam is due to the Westerners gullible attitude to taking resources from Africa without contributing back.

Instead of to negotiate for a mutually beneficial interest with the people who would be affected by whatever expedition , the white man would be looking for an African prince who will sell him the land while he stay from afar off and count the figures.

They succeed in many other African countries but when the Nigerian takes advantage of their selfish and destructive intent, they quickly run to their media and shout scam.

God will continue to bring them out.