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Kasper Hauser toys with a Nigerian scammer

Mark Frauenfelder at 3:33 pm Mon, Apr 16, 2007

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A member of the howlingly funny comedy sketch troupe, Kasper Hauser, had some fun with a Nigerian scammer, sharing the email exchange he had with the greedy criminal.
Mr. Shaish,

My fax number is 415.268.0709, and my phone number is a Bimmelman's Business transaction decoder (type II) are you guys ok with GSM/GPRS lines? If not, I'll need to give you a dolphin decoder. But I'll need some sort of rotary code from you, either way. For now just send it on Ahonotu 0409 Mark I (Miami) and just tell the operator it's a "double-glazer".

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Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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