Almost a victim to Nigerian MSN/Yahoo Messenger Fraud...
Ok not really but I was curious how far it would go, not having experienced it before.
I had some fun with it you might say...
Suspicion points in the story will be marked with the a number 1.,2.,3.,etc...
So her name is "Kimerly" and she's a model from California (how convenient!) and she found me on MySpace.
1. We started chatting back on forth on MySpace innocently enough, getting to know each other cause I wanted to know who this person was and WHY they took such an interest in me.
2. MySpace messages soon turned to MSN messages and before long she was in Nigeria (in the space of about a day)
3. Tells me that she would come to Toronto to see me if I wanted her to??? 
4. Tells me she's 29, never slept with a man and is still a virgin. LOL!
5. Tell me she loves me and will come to Toronto just for me. WTF?? 
6. Her mother was sick and she needed to be with her. She has a spinal cord injury and Kimerly has already spent $15K on dear ole mom but needs more money for drugs and stuff.
7. I pretend like I'm thinking about it and she's constantly asking about how much, low, high amounts and WHEN.
8. When I ask for the information she says hold on a minute I have to type it in. She doesn't type it, it's PASTED in after about a min.
ANIMASHAUN BODUNRIN S.
234 BANK ANTHONY WAY,
IKEJA,
ABUJA
NIGERIA.
23401
9. Oh yea, I forgot to mention that I couldn't send the money directly to her, it has to go to a 'friend' of the family because she has to take care of dear ole mom (big fuckin' RED flag goes up after this of course) as you can see from the name above ANIMASHAUN??
10. Since I've never done anything like this, I ask how does this work? Again she conveniently has the below information that is again PASTED into messenger: (this is exactly what was in my messenger).
Notice that it's all bolded and ready; pretty convenient eh? 
MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER....
SENDER'S NAME.....
EXACT AMOUNT SENT.....
TEXT QUESTION AND ANSWER....
ADDRESS OF SENDER.....
11. And now the kicker, I ask her, so what should the question and answer be? She says, "Do you love me?" and "Yes I love you".
OMFGWTFBBQ!!!!??! 
Are people out there seriously THAT gullable to send money to NIGERIA???
12. I almost forgot. The thing that tipped it off in the very beginning. Her name is "Kimerly" yet the pictures she sent me (yea, I scammed some pics) weren't Kimerly... check the file name (I didn't change it)...
Dumb ass scammers...
I had some fun but I'm going to be cuttin' this person off tomorrow, when I'm supposed to be 'sending money'.
I never made any commitments but said just enough to string them along.
People, be careful out there. There are people that will try to mess with your minds.
It's too bad for them I'm a techie and a little too analytical. I don't say that to toot my own horn, I say that because it's what saved me.
After much Googling around after our contact tonight, I solidified my suspicions (as if it wasn't REALLY obvious anyways) but was shocked at the pervasiveness of this situation I now find myself in.
Let this be a warning to any and all!!!
And if you have any questions, or know someone who has been in contact with someone like this, tell my story and save them some grief!
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The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass...and then you see it...
...white shores...and beyond...the far green country under a swift sunrise."
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