OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by Mathias_Ice:

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
And while I was typing my Last message I recieved this:


You really have to wonder with all of the press that has been given to these scams why the dumb f***s that send them haven't cought on? I mean are thay that dumb that they would dare think that there are any people in the US who have not heard about these scams? What kind of dumb, back water, dirt floor, bare foot, buck toothed, mono-brow, bug eating, sheep loving, Nigerian dumb ****s are these people? There has got to be someone over there with brains.

Or do we really still have ultra dumb people here that are so blinded by greed that they refuse to see that this is a scam? I think a little of both so I have ammended my previous post to include thinning the heard here at home as well.

IF YOU ARE DUMB ENOUGH TO FALL FOR THIS SCAM, OR ANY SCAM LIKE IT, YOU ARE A FOOL AND YOU DESERVED IT! DO NOT BREED!

I was reading a while back on a web site that was about "what to do if you get this email" that the people who run this scam actually end up getting prominent positions in that country's government.

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A government run by a bunch of lying thieves! The irony of truth. You know the universe has a very sick sense of humor. The people who take from others are always the ones who are rewarded. Nice guys do finish Last becuase they are easy marks.

[PvK]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Times are tough all over the world, and my life is no exception, yet I don't send scam emails for a living and I live on the equivalent $1.00 a day income that those bastards live on. If you break down the economic cost of living where every you live you have poeple like me living on nothing. Povirty is no excuse to rob people.

Mhmm. I didn't say it made it right. However, I suppose I think starvation is a slightly less despicable reason to turn to crime than insatiable greed, powermongering, "to get away with it", meanness, boredom, heartlessness, or other reasons some people hurt others.

PvK

P.S. Which is not to say that the organizers of these scams aren't in the latter "much more despicable" Category - I imagine they are.

P.P.S. There's a funny cartoon sequence about these scams on www.userfriendly.org, btw. Messing with unknown victims isn't always a good idea.

[ July 07, 2003, 06:45: Message edited by: PvK ]

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by PvK:

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
Times are tough all over the world, and my life is no exception, yet I don't send scam emails for a living and I live on the equivalent $1.00 a day income that those bastards live on. If you break down the economic cost of living where every you live you have poeple like me living on nothing. Povirty is no excuse to rob people.

Mhmm. I didn't say it made it right. However, I suppose I think starvation is a slightly less despicable reason to turn to crime than insatiable greed, powermongering, "to get away with it", meanness, boredom, heartlessness, or other reasons some people hurt others.

PvK

P.S. Which is not to say that the organizers of these scams aren't in the latter "much more despicable" Category - I imagine they are.

P.P.S. There's a funny cartoon sequence about these scams on www.userfriendly.org, btw. Messing with unknown victims isn't always a good idea.

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I wonder what would happend if Tony Saprano fell for this scam. Oh that would be a funny episode. "Pack up the bats boys, were going to Africa."

[Nocturnal]

Someone said Nigeria? Barely related official statement from the President that has something to do with Nigeria.

Hee.

Okay so it's not the best of those articles but it has that twist of irony that I relish so much.

[ July 24, 2003, 13:33: Message edited by: Nocturnal ]

[TerranC]

LOL! I thought that thing was for real until I saw the White house seal.

[Gryphin]

A new twist on an old game:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/...072303X,00.asp

Article about teasing scamers.
Caution: Popups

[ July 24, 2003, 12:19: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

[Wardad]

UPDATE:

Scientist nabbed for SARS scam: Cops: Suspect bilked pals
By Jennifer Rosinski
Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Boston cops in the midst of interviewing victims of a scam involving SARS research in China lucked into an arrest yesterday when one witness pointed out the alleged culprit bickering with another mark in the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute cafeteria, police said.

The former Dana-Farber researcher and Harvard University professor allegedly bilked 35 students, co-workers, friends and Internet pals out of $600,000 he claimed would help launch a SARS research institute in China.

"These are co-workers who trusted him and believed in him and took him for his word," said Boston police Detective Steve Blair of the major case unit.

Weldong Xu, 38, began the scam in July - at the height of the SARS scare - convincing mostly Asian acquaintances to lend him money for the research center, police said.

One friend took a second mortgage out on his home to give Xu the money. Xu was busted arguing with another man who had given him $5,000, police said.

Xu admitted to detectives he took the money and handed over a notebook that contained information about the donors.

Dana-Farber officials alerted police to the possible theft recently after Xu, a cancer and AIDS researcher since 1999, was terminated for an unrelated reason.

Dana-Farber and Harvard officials, who police said knew nothing of the scam, could not be reached for comment.

Xu claims he used the money to invest in a questionable Nigerian business offer he received via e-mail that promised a $50 million profit.

"The scammer's been scammed," Blair said.

"He wouldn't acknowledge he'd been scammed. I tried to tell him he'd been scammed, but he never caught on."

[ April 04, 2004, 20:39: Message edited by: Wardad ]