Nigerian Scammers

Hardly the only Scam artists on the scene.

Let me step out of my overalls and appear human for a moment. I, too, was scammed in Bombay in the early seventies. I let someone have my traveler's checks for a moment and they were gone, the scammer and the checks.

Not so fast. Months early in Tehran I'd signed for some traveler's checks to help someone move money out of the country, something like that. So there were financial laws in each country to protect the country's wealth.

So by the time I made it to India, I'd had experience helping locals move money. With the help of a hippie collaborator, we all went in a Taxi to see the scammer's brother who worked in a bank. The taxi stopped and the scammer "it will just take a minute" was off and did not return.

On a second trip to Bombay I saw the same scammer walking through town. What are the chances of that happening. No, I didn't confront him. I just enjoyed the one in a billion chance of seeing the same petty thief twice in one lifetime.