Evening plans and Nigerian scams
This New Yorker piece about a man who lost $80,000 (and went to prison for two years) from one of the Nigerian email scams is fascinating. Not so much for the "can you believe he's so stupid" factor, but for the complexity of the stories the Nigerians told the mark. Family relationships, bribing of guards, deals gone wrong -- but somehow it's very soap-opera nature makes it easier to believe. That is how life happens, but putting those webs and shards into a coherent narrative is difficult even for novelists; I can't even imagine doing it with the end goal of receiving actual cash from an actual human. I wonder how much they keep track of any one story. Do they take notes? Brainstorm what will happen next? Make bets on exactly how far they can push the story? Maybe even scribble out ideas on a whiteboard?
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(Re how the Nigerian scammers tell compelling stories) -- don't you remember that website that purported to advertise a conference for them, complete with sessions on whether to present onself as royalty, and when to use ALL CAPS?
"I can't even imagine doing it with the end goal of receiving actual cash from an actual human"
Isn't that what novelists do too?
Did you see this article?
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That is so incredibly depressing. i was the only Emily in my whole class in high school! I guess I was just ahead of the curve. Goddammit.
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