Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2009/08/28/youtube_419er/
Lad from Lagos makes YouTube pitch
Prince Obi and his Web 2.0 dollars
Posted in Bootnotes, 28th August 2009 11:14 GMT
Fans of the Lads from Lagos will enjoy this Friday piece of silliness: a classic 419 pitch from one Prince Obi Matumbe Akumbe, who's ditched the traditional email and decided to lay out his stall on YouTube:
Good stuff. Anyone interested in taking up Prince Obi's tempting offer should get in touch via, of course, his Twitter account. ®
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