Paolo has soted it out.

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I think they mainly pray on older people mainly guys, who are unable to get women and see a photo of a pretty girl and the process of upstairs for thinking and downstairs for dancing does an immediate switch over.
Ha ha, Sophie. Very well said!

Glad you did not become a victim Zidanie. Thanks for letting us know about it

Thank you Aliena !!! Read this:

http://www.419eater.com/html/mariam_abacha.htm

It made me laugh so much !!!

Thanks James, well this tricks don't ever work on me,
As Aliena can confirm you, we Neapolitans are way too clever to fall to cheats

Aliena by clever I mean "cazzimm" but I think it cannot be translated.

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Hmm.. cazzimm.. I dunno if there is an exact word for it in English.. ma teng a cazzimm Zidanie!

It is a mixture of meaness, egoism and spite.. but somehow not exactly a negative. I suppose the word "furbo/a" (wily, sly, underhand, streetwise, clever) is the one I would prefer over cazzimm.

The reason Neapolitans don't fall for scams like this is because they invented them first.. this makes them "cazzimm".. one step ahead.

Aliena I never knew such a great word as "streetwise". I think it's the closest you can get to give the meaning of "cazzimm".
And no, it's not a negative word, it depends on its usage.

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Let the buyer beware!
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