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MaineEvent:

--- Quote from: SavannahLion on September 01, 2011, 08:30:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on September 01, 2011, 06:06:23 pm ---I work at a bank and a dude came in ecstatic saying that he won the candian lottery, and the winnings totaled 3 million dollars and he was going to give me money because I had to set up a wire for him so he could send them 5 grand to claim the funds blah blah blah. I couldnt believe it. This day and age, someone could actually think that these are real. First thing I asked was "have you ever even played the lottery in canada?" Blank look. I had to sit down in my office with this dude for a hour explaining how it was fake. Nigerian scams happen all the time too, had the same thing with a senior lady that thought the same thing.

The sad thing is when people fall for this crap. The Nigerian scam has been going on since the 70's.  ::)

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The sad part is when innocent people are involved.... Well other than the moron. A kid was pulled out daycare because his moronic parents fell for the scam. Sent them something to the tune of $5k. They had just lost their jobs so they were especially vulnerable. They waited and waited but the money never arrived. Eventually they lost their house and went onto welfare, pulling their child out of daycare. My baby girl was bummer, that kid was the only other kid her age. Last I checked, the parents are still trying to string together cash to get their "winnings" while their poor kid suffers.

I don't give a ---fudgesicle--- if you're so dumb as to fall for that scam, but when it affects those around you, its time for an intervention.

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Doesn't that sort of make sense though, the ones who both lost their jobs are foolish enough to believe that they had won the jackpot, and didn't pick up on the scam. Even after they are loosing everything around them, they still don't see it happening and can't cut their loses....Survival of the fittest/ Idiocracy kind of thing....
 Sad

dre-w:
I remember receiving a similar email.. a supposed Nigerian prince who claimed to be a kidnapped but luckily escaped and somehow managed to get on a computer to tell me he only needed a little bit of money to get back to his home and riches, and if I did I would be greatly rewarded..  the email was so hilarious I should've saved it.  The best part was where he wanted me to wire the money, to a "B of A"  ...at the very bottom in fine print it read "Bank of Africa"

TopJimmyCooks:
Back in the 90's I got faxed and snail mailed Nigeria scam letters.  It was not a widely known issue at that time, but it was still so freaking obvious it was fishy.  It's considered a somewhat legitimate business pursuit there, and you can earn respect by how much money you rake in, shows your skilz. 

There are some hilarious Anti 419 Scam websites where they troll for these guys and start dialogues with them, pretending to be marks.  They try to get the scammers to stay in touch as long as possible and do more and more ridiculous things over the process.  They got a lot of the scammers to send their photo's, and their holy grail was to get a photo with the scammer holding a sign that says "NUM NUTZ"

 :laugh2:

Rick:

--- Quote from: TopJimmyCooks on September 07, 2011, 08:44:03 am ---There are some hilarious Anti 419 Scam websites where they troll for these guys and start dialogues with them, pretending to be marks.  They try to get the scammers to stay in touch as long as possible and do more and more ridiculous things over the process.  They got a lot of the scammers to send their photo's, and their holy grail was to get a photo with the scammer holding a sign that says "NUM NUTZ"
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Have you seen where they actually got the scammers to get TATTOOED to prove they were serious?  That was my favourite.

TopJimmyCooks:
Missed the tattoos.  Thats awesome.  Might have to check out the latest on the 419 sites for some yuks. 

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