hilarious email to SEC re: naked shorts

[friendly_jacek]

I'm not sure if this qualifies as news, as I found it on yahoo forum, but it is a hilarious read:

http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/St...frt=1&off=1#-1

It starts:

" Dear SEC authority,

My Name is Mugabe Abu. I am Nigerian investor and I am very interested for getting the permit for selling self printed shares of different, on the Wall Street noticed, companies.

Since this practice to sell something what you do not have is legal in US I would like also to participate in this program.

We Nigerians know very well this practice of selling something what we do not have, but we did not make it with the securities, so far."

The funniest thing ie SEC, responded to the email!

[WDCRob]

Re: hilarious email to SEC re: naked shorts

OMG, it appears someone from the SEC actually ANSWERED him! Twice!

They say sense of humor is a form of intelligence. I say there goes your proof.

[Verrocchio]

Re: hilarious email to SEC re: naked shorts

OMG, it appears someone from the SEC actually ANSWERED him! Twice!

They say sense of humor is a form of intelligence. I say there goes your proof.

Humor aspects aside, at times it has required considerable mental effort to differentiate between Nigerian con men and the FIRE minions.

[c1ue]

Re: hilarious email to SEC re: naked shorts

Where's Patrick Byrne when you need him? :eek:

[GRG55]

Re: hilarious email to SEC re: naked shorts

Where's Patrick Byrne when you need him? :eek:

Perhaps his latest email "pen name" is...

"...My Name is Mugabe Abu..."

By the way, in Arabic the term "abu" means "father of". Just a thought... :p

[phirang]

Re: hilarious email to SEC re: naked shorts

Humor aspects aside, at times it has required considerable mental effort to differentiate between Nigerian con men and the FIRE minions.

Not if you take a pulse: the FIRE minions don't have one.

[Verrocchio]

Re: hilarious email to SEC re: naked shorts

Not if you take a pulse: the FIRE minions don't have one.

Heartless creatures, eh?