Nigerian Spam Scam Scam: Dean Cameron

While waiting to say his 4 lines each week on the ill-fated 2003 NBC drama Mister Sterling, Dean Cameron received email from a Nigerian con-artist posing as the wife and son of a dead Nigerian leader. After writing back as a sexually confused Florida millionaire, whose only companions being his cats, houseboy and personal attorney Perry Mason, Dean embarked upon a 9-month correspondence with the con-man. With Victor Isaac as the bewildered and tenacious Nigerian, the duologue, taken from the actual email, documents the hilarious relationship as it descends into a miasma of misunderstanding, desperation, and deception.

Originally performed over two evenings in Los Angeles at the Sacred Fools Theater as part of their very popular Crime Scene program, The Nigerian Spam Scam Scam was seen in various "workshop formats" at events including the "Professionals Against Confidence Crime" seminar in Chicago, James Randi's "Amaz!ng Meeting 3" in Las Vegas and the Skeptics Society monthly meeting at Cal-Tech in Pasadena, California. With the help and urging of director Paul Provenza (director of the film The Aristocrats) they traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland and played to sold out houses and critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the month of August, 2004.

As Dean's correspondence with online scammers continues to evolve and change, so does the show. A "faster, funnier" Nigerian Spam Scam Scam has been featured at the Tricklock Theater's festival in Arizona, the Brick Theater Festival in New York and, thanks to hurricane Katrina, a never aired segment on "Nightline" right after their return engagement to a larger theater for the Edinburgh Fringe, 2005, and now the triumphant return to the Lakeshore Theater!

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