Sorry, No Pity

They say a fool and his money are soon parted.

This twit held on to hers too long:

Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam

SWEET HOME, Ore. —

An Oregon woman who is out $400,000 after falling for a well-known Internet scam says she wasn't a sucker or an easy mark.

Janella Spears of Sweet Home says she 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.

Spears told KATU-TV about the scammers' ability to identify her relative by name was persuasive.

"That's what got me to believe it," She said. "So, why wouldn't you send over $100?"

Why wouldn't you? Because it is the oldest email scam on the 'Net, you idiot! How this woman (who is a nursing administrator, mind you) had the mental capacity to turn the computer on is beyond me.

Here's the worst part. She's out 400K and that's too bad--but think what she could have done with the money:

A year of Saturday meals for 1,194 elderly neighbors

A year's tuition at a local community college for 200 single moms

2,000 Chevy Cobalts to help GM stave off bankruptcy

Heck, she could have grabbed a great deal on Expedia.com and taken 200 friends for a week in Maui.

But instead this twit sent the money to Nigeria--in the hopes of garnering millions.

Especially in times like these, that's disgraceful.