The Nigerian one..

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The Nigerian one..

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Some day it had to happen...


An e-mail just received wrote:Ba mhaith liom tú a cabhrú liom aistriú an tsuim de US $ 12.5 milliún dollar isteach i do chuntas i do
tíre. Mbaineann an t-airgead chuig mo chliant go déanach, an tUasal Tomás Halamka, a fuair bás i ndiaidh timpiste ghluaisteáin
Cúpla bliain ó shin lena theaghlach ag fágáil an t-éileamh le haghaidh aon duine. Mar chuid dlíodóir pearsanta, an banc
ag scríobh an litir rabhaidh seo caite dom, a chur i láthair lena neasghaol nó bac a bheith ar an gcuntas
agus a choigistiú an t-airgead. Is é seo an idirbheart dlíthiúil agus riosca saor in aisce. Gheobhaidh tú 30%, 60% do dom
agus beidh 10% a chur i leith caiteachas. Má tá suim agat a líonadh Kindly an fhaisnéis seo a leanas le do thoil:
Ainmneacha ina n-iomláine :....
Gairm :.....
Aois: ...
Teil :....
seoladh r-phoist: ...
Tír: ....
Maidir is Fearr
Teil:....
uba eric
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Mr.Gumby wrote:Some day it had to happen...


An e-mail just received wrote:Ba mhaith liom tú a cabhrú liom aistriú an tsuim de US $ 12.5 milliún dollar isteach i do chuntas i do
tíre. Mbaineann an t-airgead chuig mo chliant go déanach, an tUasal Tomás Halamka, a fuair bás i ndiaidh timpiste ghluaisteáin
Cúpla bliain ó shin lena theaghlach ag fágáil an t-éileamh le haghaidh aon duine. Mar chuid dlíodóir pearsanta, an banc
ag scríobh an litir rabhaidh seo caite dom, a chur i láthair lena neasghaol nó bac a bheith ar an gcuntas
agus a choigistiú an t-airgead. Is é seo an idirbheart dlíthiúil agus riosca saor in aisce. Gheobhaidh tú 30%, 60% do dom
agus beidh 10% a chur i leith caiteachas. Má tá suim agat a líonadh Kindly an fhaisnéis seo a leanas le do thoil:
Ainmneacha ina n-iomláine :....
Gairm :.....
Aois: ...
Teil :....
seoladh r-phoist: ...
Tír: ....
Maidir is Fearr
Teil:....
uba eric
Freagra a thabhairt ar mo sheoladh emaill
I removed phone and e-mail addresses
I got that one a few weeks ago. Hilarious! The Irish is absolutely terrible! I guess the Nigerians discovered Google "trashlate."

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"Trashlate". I like that. I will use it.
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Innocent Bystander wrote:"Trashlate". I like that. I will use it.
That's what we call it at IGTF. It's horrifying the number of people come to us for "confirmation" of a tattoo "translation" they got from there (made more horrifying by the fact that, for every person who comes to us for "confirmation," there're probably two or three who just go ahead with the tattoo without asking).

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