From http://www.lukeisback.com

White Model Stuck In Darkest Africa

I'm Francine Clara Satriale (MySpace profile) from California. I went to stay with my boyfriend in New Jersey when my mother died.

I'm a model. I came to Nigeria, Africa for a fashion show several months ago. I was given good money for the show but I was not paid in cash. I sent the check to my boyfriend to help me to cash it and send me back the money so that I can pay off some debt I am owing here.

To my surprise, he didn't send the money back to me. He has even left the apartment we both stayed in before I came to Africa.

I really want to get back home. I just need someone to help me pay my hotel bill. All my travel documents are with the hotel manager just because I owe the hotel. I need help fast. I don't want anything bad to happen to me. You can call me through the hotel cell number - 2348028128214. Just say you want to talk to Clara.

I will pay you back as soon as I get home. I can come to your place if you can accommodate me because I don't really have a home to go to now.

You can email or IM me at francsat@yahoo.com or francsat@hotmail.com.


This has got 419 written all over it...Luke, have you never watched a David Mamet film, for crying out loud? This is the 'Spanish Prisoner' and no mistake:

From http://www.snopes.com

The Nigerian Scam has been emptying the pockets of victims for decades — first through letters, then with faxes, and now via e-mail. In its earliest incarnation — which dates to the 1920s — it was known as 'The Spanish Prisoner' con. In that long-ago version, businessmen were contacted by someone trying to smuggle the scion of a wealthy family out of a prison in Spain. But of course the wealthy family would shower with riches those who helped secure the release of the boy. Those who were suckered into this paid for one failed rescue attempt after another, with the fictitious prisoner continuing to languish in his non-existent dungeon, always just one more bribe, one more scheme, one more try, away from being released.

Ahh, there's one born every minute...who amongst us is noble and chivalrous enough to send this poor, innocent, pure-bred young white girl the money she needs (via Western Union or some other non-reclaimable means) before something 'bad' happens to her at the hands of those big black savages?

Sorry Luke, but if all it takes is one Myspace profile, a Hotmail email address and a Yahoo email address for you to give it credence, then you've got worries...I could set up something identical in under ten minutes. All I have to do is steal some cute young girl's pic, and away I go...

Of course, any right thinking person would be asking...why can't her friends and family send her the money, but folks tend not to be right-thinking when there's some cute young model that you can be the White Knight to, especially with the potential for having her stay at your place for a while and have her show her gratitude for your altruistic actions in the most old-fashioned way possible.

A fool and his money are easily parted, that's all I'm going to say...I'm just surprised and disappointed that Luke didn't sniff this one out from the get-go.