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Quality #6 I Look for in a Woman: Doesn’t Fall for Nigerian E-mail Scam
November 19, 2008
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He who knows what he wants will have happy, happy, joy, joy.
- An Old Kev Proverb

In my head, there are numerous checklists I keep.

For example, whenever I leave my house, leave work or get out of my car I do a quick “phone… wallet… keys” checklist in my head. If I’m packing my suitcase for a trip, there is a long mental checklist I run through that includes things like socks, boxer briefs and fake IDs. And if I’m deciding on a movie to watch, my trustworthy “no Keanu, no Pauly Shore, no talking baby and no animal sidekick” checklist has always served me well.

I have one checklist I keep that is constantly growing. It’s my list of things I look for in a girl. Some of the items on this checklist have been on it forever (shares my faith, good sense of humor, etc.), but most are things I’ve added due to personal experiences or observations.

For example, last year I added “does not snore” to the list after I found myself in a cabin unable to sleep due to numerous loud snorers. When I dated someone convinced she was going to die before age 30, I added “minimal emotional baggage” to the list. And when that John Wayne Bobbit story broke out in junior high, I added “not named Lorena Bobbit” to the list.

Actually, I added that one twice just to be safe.

This week, I added “does not fall for the Nigerian e-mail scam” to the list after reading about a gullible, ridiculously stubborn woman from Oregon. This woman, Janella Spears, is out $400,000 after falling for this well-known Internet scam. She mortgaged her house, took a lien out on the family car, and raided her husband’s retirement account.

So what was the scam? According to the Associated Press story:

…(Spears) simply became curious when she received an e-mail promising her $20.5 million if she would only help out a long-lost relative identified as J.B. Spears with a little money up front.

No one is gullible enough to fall for that, right?

Wrong.

It was the ability of the scammers to identify her relative by name that Spears found particularly persuasive. “That’s what got me to believe it,” said Spears. “So, why wouldn’t you send over $100?”

Of course, she didn’t stop at sending just $100. She kept sending the scammers money. She sent them money for two years. The article states that her family and bank officials all told her it was a scam, but she was obsessed with getting paid her millions.

To simply call this a woman a moron is an injustice to morons everywhere.

She is an educated professional who should be much, much too intelligent to fall for such a scam. The fact she DID fall for it proves she is gullible, but also selfish, greedy and stubborn. She didn’t listen to people who warned her. She didn’t have a problem putting out her husband by mortgaging their home and zapping his retirement account. She did what she wanted to do — no matter what loved ones said or how insane it may have seemed.

I would rather marry whatever waste of space “wins” on that Paris Hilton’s My New BFF reality show than marry someone like Janella Spears.

And that is saying a LOT, people.

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