Top Ten Snags To Encounter When Doing Business With ‘Foreigners’

10. Never expect anything in return. You will never see a penny.
9. Imagine all the riches in the world. You will have to sell your soul.
8. Guaranteed to make you happy. You will wait for ever.
7. Eternally in your debt. You will have bad credit and end up filing bankruptcy.
6. Risky and speculative deal. You will be working hard for the rest of your life.
5. I don’t want to DIE! Please save me! You will never believe people fall for this one.
4. Always think positive. You will be good as dead.
3. Possibly the best investment in a lifetime. Your will wire your life savings to us.
2. Don’t tell another soul. You might get the evil, ‘One-Eye’.
1. Find another sucker. You might be next!

First attempt at ‘list poem’ in free-verse.

Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.

Top Ten Reasons Not To Give Money To Dirt Poor Relatives

10. Retrieving property (such as a jewelry gift) pawned for the dire need of money.
9. Encountering open palms extended upward to greet the receipt of cash as gifts.
8. Loving your long lost kin folks, which include every stranger in the small town.
7. Avoiding a slow death (such as foot amputation) by sending 24,000 pesos.
6. Treating each other with respect, with more special treatment to the money givers.
5. Helping those in the most need by donating $500.00 for a hemorrhoid operation.
4. Instilling hope in your kin’s future by sponsoring the ‘smart ones’ for education.
3. Establishing shelters with monthly support for electrical and telephone services.
2. Vouching for business endeavors that cannot be paid back no matter how lucrative.
1. Saving your pension and retirement funds for their burial and funeral services.

Another attempt at ‘list poem’ combined with acrostic about dirt poor relatives in the Philippines devising credible and somewhat believable schemes for monetary aide. These examples are water-downed versions of the Nigerian 419 Advance Fee Fraud Scams.

Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.