[ExI] could a Nigerian (Nigerian - it's a nation) theoretically give away money?

[Kellycoinguy]

You would likely create more of the effect you are looking for by giving away lots of ten thousand dollar awards than one big one. After all the lottery doesn't just give the one big award.... But also many smaller ones.  I'm sure this is based on human psychology.


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Subject: Re: [ExI] could a Nigerian (Nigerian - it's a nation) theoretically give away money? 
From: Tomasz Rola <rtomek at ceti.pl> 
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CC: Tomasz Rola <rtomek at ceti.pl> 

On Sun, 25 Dec 2011, spike wrote:

[...]
> The original Nigerian giver makes no deals to share in the plunder from rich
> greedy gullible Americans.  She gave the money and told the truth all along,
> even if she was aware of (and was perhaps intentionally motivated by) the
> possible illegitimate consequences.  But all this actually had a cheerful
> end, again depending on one's point of view: plentiful American money
> flowing into desperately needy Nigeria.  She can think of herself as perhaps
> the greatest of philanthropists, using a million of her own dollars to
> indirectly coax a manifold return of that amount back into her own country
> from a greedy rich country which already has way too much of everything.
> 
> Where is the flaw in my reasoning?

Ok, now this seems to be reasonable.

The only flaw I can spot is giving away her real money. She can have 
exactly same effect by spending about 20 thousand bucks. Rent a jobless 
actor. Film him as he goes around from shop to shop (no need to buy 
anything), talking to sales people and shaking hands with them. Let him 
take red ferrari for a trial driving (and remember to film this). After 3 
days she has enough material to push it via youtube.

Use your imagination, man :-). Tell her to give all her millions to you 
and spend 20k like I wrote above, then tell her it's all done, show her a 
film on y-t.

It can certainly be pushed via some local cable news tv - of course with 
enough green oil. But definitely less than million.

Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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