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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:38 pm

and randomly started talking to him/her in Pidgen English? I met a girl last night from Nigeria while we were playing a drinking game. She thought it was hilarious when I referred to a couple of my friends as "di big time mugus". Although it was a bit awkward trying to explain the reason why I know so much about Nigeria.

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

I knew quite a lot of Nigerians when I worked at Victoria train station in London, but that was before I discovered baiting, wish I still worked there, I could torment them even more now Laughing

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:10 pm

A Nigerian family moved in to a house about 10 doors down from me last year. They're sound as a Euro..Incredibly he is really a Barrister.. Laughing

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:12 pm

^^^Would he represent you in 100% risky free deals? Seriously, having a Nigerian Barrister as a baiter would be fantastic Laughing

try and get him on board.

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:24 pm

One of my friends at the student union is Nigerian. He comes to this website to read up on the baits and has a blast doing so!

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:29 pm

Meh..He thinks I'm nuts and he's mad busy so I doubt he'd be interested..I'll ask him for the Craic in anyway.. Very Happy

Baiting Guru Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 2922

^^^

See if you can get some useful Nigerian legal info/advice etc etc Very Happy

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:29 pm

What like stuff one can't find on Google about the Nigerian legal system?

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:38 am

I live in a very lively, multicultural part of north London. Most of the Nigerians I know are painfully honest and scrupulous in any personal or business dealings, which does play on my mind a bit.

I have discussed 419 scams with some Nigerian friends, and am reassured that they find it rather embarrassing to be associated with the more nefarious activities of their fellow Nigerians.

I suppose we all have a cross to bear? Confused

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:20 am

i work with a man from nigeria. he's a terrific guy, i'm in love with his accent. i haven't the balls to discuss 419 scams with him though... i don't know how uncomfortable it would make him....

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:29 am

We have quite a few very respected members here at eater that are Nigerian Wink

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:49 pm

I teach at a college - have had Nigerian students. One has invited me to a wedding.

Should I go and ask if anyone has any new tatoos?

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:42 pm

^^ A trunkbox makes a great wedding present.

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:24 pm

There are 2 Nigerian families on my road, with young kids, it`s been snowing here today, and this is one of the first times they`ve seen snow Very Happy

their parents are going to have a hard time getting them into bed tonight Very Happy

oh it`s great to be a kid!!

Master Baiter Joined: 18 Dec 2004 Posts: 106

Eliza_Doolittle wrote:

I teach at a college - have had Nigerian students. One has invited me to a wedding.

Should I go and ask if anyone has any new tatoos?

yes and that will make you new friends

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:41 am

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they find it rather embarrassing to be associated with the more nefarious activities of their fellow Nigerians.

I figured that; which is why I was reluctant to reveal the real reason why I know so much about Nigeria. After a few beers though I finally got into discussing a little bit about scambaiting. She thought it was pretty funny actually.

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:22 am

I was speaking to a Nigerian guy in a local pub one night. Nice guy, but he was amazed at my knowledge of 5 star hotels in Lagos, considering that the closest I'd ever been was an 18-30's holiday to Tenerife 3 years ago!

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

@ sp you worked at victoria - I was the one who kept making the gatwick express on platform 9 announcements Smile

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amazing how many people see a giant train sitting on platform 13 and get on a 2 carriage on 9 Razz

Oh and stopping the escalators going up to the maccy d's Razz

But the F1 girls were me fav - free fags Razz

As for nigerians, i have some very good nigerian friends who work in london - they dont scam but they do let me know about places in nigeria etc that we can send scammers to Wink

nothing better than a little first hand local knowledge to upset lads with.

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:59 pm

My best friend in college was Nigerian. Though I knew nothing about him strangely. He was so shady. When I asked what his parents did for a living in Nigeria, he would just say "Import and Export". When I asked what they imported and exported, he just said "goods". Really great guy though.

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

@ Digital-One, I used to like having a laugh with drunks who had fallen asleep on trains at Victoria, I remember one bloke asleep on platform 11 I think it was, I woke him up and put on a scottish accent, I said, wake up mate, this is Glasgow and it's the last stop, he was very confused, saying, what, what, Glasgow, but I'm only going to Selhurst Park, shit, I said sorry mate, this is Glasgow station, you must have got the wrong train, I then explained I was only joking, he let out a big sigh of relief and staggered of the train laughing

Master Baiter Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 146

@Scam Patroller: That's hilarious! I can see why you became such a successfull baiter. (Nice suck up, sorry).

I had a first year engineering proffesor who was from Nigeria. Couldn't understand a word he said, and he was a big prick, but he really knew his stuff.

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:22 pm

I met a Nigerian attorney who works in the same building I do. We had a brief discussion on 419 scams, and he was embarrassed at what goes on in his native country.

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:26 pm

Yeah. I know a lot of Nigerians, one of them being the fellow that works at the student union. The ones that have at least some education, or are doing their education (Which is a lot), usually try not to be associated with these scams and are pretty embarassed by it.