Village Idiot Loses Family Fortune. All He got Were Magic Beans

John Rempel is the blond doofus crybaby below who spent 150,000 bucks on a Nigerian email scam.  He thought a distant relative had left him 12.8 million bucks.

From the WindsorStar here:

A Leamington man has fallen prey to international scam artists who strung him along for more than a year with the promise of millions in cash, but ultimately bilked him and his family of $150,000.

John Rempel said he quit his truck driving job, lost friends, borrowed money and crossed the globe in pursuit of a non-existent inheritance, after he was contacted by e-mail in what is known as a Nigerian 419 scam.

Rempel said he borrowed $55,000 from an uncle in Mexico and his parents gave him $60,000 on credit to cover fees for transferring $12.8 million into his name.

“They’re in it now because of me,” said Rempel, 22, breaking into sobs. “If it wasn’t for me, nobody would be in this mess. You think things will work out, but it doesn’t. It’s a very bad feeling. I had lots of friends. I never get calls anymore from my friends. You know, a bad reputation.”

His troubles began in July 2007. He said he got an e-mail from someone claiming to be a lawyer with a client named David Rempel who died in a 2005 bomb attack in London, England, and left behind $12.8 million.

“It sounded all good so I called him,” said Rempel. “He sounded very happy and said God bless you.”

Then he began to fork over money. Loads of it, for dumbass reasons. Read the article for full details. Eventually:

In London, Rempel met some people and handed over the $10,000.

They met Rempel the next day with a suitcase. They said it had $10.6 million in shrink-wrapped U.S. bills. Rempel wanted more proof. His new friends pulled out one bill and “cleansed” it with a liquid “formula,” which washed off some kind of stamp. Rempel was told that process made the money “legal tender.”

They were going to charge the doofus 120,000 bucks for more of the magical formula to wipe the stain off the money.  This is a common ploy of this scam, and the stained money turns out to be just black construction paper.  The world’s dumbest doctor fell for the scam and I blogged about it here.