Send Money to Tracy Morgan the Nigerian Prince
Tracy Morgan has been lined up to produce and star as a classic scam email Nigerian prince in a film written by John Mulaney and Nick Kroll (who have kept me pretty entertained frolicking around the Upper West Side to the smooth sounds of Steely Dan). The Daily Variety describes it:
Tracy Morgan will star in and produce the comedy "Freshman Roommates" for Montecito and Paramount Pictures.TJ Miller ("Cloverfield") will also star in the film that is inspired by the proliferation of email scams purporting to be sent by a Nigerian prince looking for help in accessing his fortune.
"Freshman Roommates" asks the question what if one of the emails isn't a scam. Story kicks off when a young man answers one such email during a drunken stupor. Soon thereafter, the spoiled son of a deposed African dictator (Morgan) shows up at his door, looking to secure his inheritance.
I hope this comedy doesn't convince anyone they should try sending money to one of those emails claiming to have ties to African royalty on the off chance it's legitimate. If I had a dollar for every supposed Nigerian prince I've sent money to, I still would not have anywhere near my money back that I've already sent to Nigerian princes. Never send money to these people unless they really seem honest or have a name that sounds very African and regal.