Anne Marie Poet, a bookkeeper for a small Berkley (Michigan) law firm, embezzled $2.1 million from the firm's accounts between February and August and wired the money to "Dr. Mbuso Nelson," who said he was an official with the Ministry of Mining in Pretoria, South Africa and offered to pay a $4.5-million fee to Poet if she would help him transfer $18 million from ....etc. (you know the Nigerian scam drill by now).

She basically drained the firm's accounts, they found out sept. 4, and was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury in Detroit on 13 counts of wire fraud. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

People sure are stupid, huh? Oh, and by latest estimate -- the Nigerians are raking in 1.5 billion a year off the scam.

Anyway, short story? I think Detroit Free Press had a few grafs Sunday, but I heard the above from someone who attended the indictment hearing -- he's thinking of writing a book on scam.