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pablo
419Eater is my life
Joined: 10 Jul 2008
Posts: 366
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:47 am |
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It is the old story. It is too good to be true, a 22 year old man borrows everything he can untill he and his family are essentially wiped out.
It is a text book 419 scam.
One of the CBC newstories had some of the email details. I will try to get copies of the emails and post them as an eater project. This scammer could use the attention.
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Rempel told CBC News the scheme started in 2007 (July 2007) , when he opened an email and thought he was set for life.
The email told the 22-year-old a distant relative had died in a bomb attack in London, England, and left behind $12.8 million.
He said the email was from someone claiming to be an attorney named Matthew Spencer, who said he represented the relative and was looking for someone to claim the fortune.
Spencer was a world away, but convinced Rempel they shared a faith in God, he said.
"He always said, 'God bless you,'" Rempel said.
"Every Sunday he was in church. All that stuff made me believe it, right?"
So when Rempel was told he needed to pay fees for documents, he did.
"At first it was a little bit, some fees about $2,500, and I thought that was it," he said.
"After that … it never stopped. They were like, 'Just this bit yet and then it's going to happen.'"
When he was told he needed to fly to England to meet some men personally and pay more fees, he did.
"I met them behind the motel, I handed them over $10,000 in cash," he said. "I was happy. I was like, 'Oh wow, this is real, because I met them and everything.'" |
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/01/14/email-scam.html
One of the CBC article comments
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law of scams: Amount of money stolen from victim is directly proportional to their level of greed multiplied by the inverse of their I.Q.
-$ = Greed * (1/ IQ)
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http://www.windsorstar.com/Leamington+loses+Nigerian+scam/1173799/story.html
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=8c0d61fe-94c7-4036-ba55-95e9bc796441&p=2
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EDIT: Added content from CBC story |
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Dr. Max Wieldruk
Master Baiter
Joined: 09 Jan 2004
Posts: 237
Location: The Netherlands
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:51 pm |
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Same story on The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/15/canadian_419_victim/
Some of the comments are worth reading... |
_________________ - You and your bank are working together in a cyber space country... [Barrister Smith Williams]
- I am suspecting foul play on your side and do not trust you either. [Amina Alman]
- LISTEN CAREFULLY YOU HAVE FOOLED ME SO MUCH I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE GOOD LUCK (Barrister Morris Johnson)
- What happen because we where at the Airport to pick you up as we schadule but we could not found you. (Evans William)
2x| 1x, Amsterdam-Delfzijl, 250 km x12 |
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GomerPyle
Baiting Guru
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 8875
Location: Wherever I lay my hat
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:22 pm |
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The people who make adverse comments about victims of 419 scams think they are smarter than they actually are.
Most of them could be hooked by one of the other 419 variations e.g. e-bay |
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Obi-Wan Knievel
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Joined: 10 Dec 2006
Posts: 1486
Location: Bald Knob, NF
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:27 pm |
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Dang you Pablo... I came in here to post this one and you beat me to the punch!
Good work my man. This should keep the lad-huggers quiet for a few minutes. |
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A SKYHOOK
419Eater is my life
Joined: 20 Sep 2008
Posts: 405
Location: the land of oz
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:43 pm |
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GomerPyle wrote: |
The people who make adverse comments about victims of 419 scams think they are smarter than they actually are.
Most of them could be hooked by one of the other 419 variations e.g. e-bay |
she who must be obeyed is one .she thinks im stupid playing around in eater while she is haveing trouble with mail going missing and she is booking hotel rooms for her trip overseas but wont liston to me when i say be carefull they are who they say they are (dont talk to me about boats i know boats as they step in to the dingy and fall in to the water) |
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We are expecting you to feed us with the necessary payment details This is prof.Sloudo the excutive Governor Of Central Bank Of Nigeria.
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Mr Tambourine Man
Baiting Guru
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Posts: 3398
Location: Magic swirlin' ship
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:45 pm |
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Two are mine. Trying to offset the unsympathetic ones. |
_________________ is always Good when you have the zeal to be a hitwoman when you out of school,it makes you bold and reall and it makes you more high than any other of your friend.
NOW AMBACK FOR YOU AGAIN STURBORN SHIT
you dont have a phone.that makes makes you joe butt
Fuck you and go find something to do man. Stop disturbing me please.
This is definitely why you will remain and die in poverty, ignorant of good things and easy acknowledgment of bad things and words. Shame on you, you wicked generation children.
i went you to no that this is not a cheld pray. i went you to get back to me
we are not scammer,we hate scammer as you do.scammer make out life harder and harder,a lot of people think we are scammer,in fact,we are not!! please trustt us |
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MeridianAlicante
Master Baiter
Joined: 23 Sep 2008
Posts: 236
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:58 am |
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Mr TM: Good for you! I read through the comments on the page. I can't believe someone suggesting trying to scam the guy again in the few years!
Yes, people are gullible, and may be greedy, or are just trying to be helpful, but why can't people see that its the /scammers/ that should be blamed.
My mother-in-law is the same, she thinks that the people who fall for the scams deserve everything they get. I'm working on educating her, but its slow going.
And if any of those commenters get caught by one of the other scams, have they thought that no-one will have sympathy for them, saying that it was just their 'greed'? |
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Bird
Master Baiter
Joined: 11 Dec 2008
Posts: 108
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:45 pm |
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I remember when I first received 419 letter. I was still a student at a time. Immediately I started thinking - calculating the money in my mind, how much would I get. It was all okay if t wasn't for that warning in my head. Saying to me yeah right out of all people this particlar happens to find you with this generous business proposal. So I never responded to these kind of mails and deleted everytime they appeared. |
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JMRazor
Baiting Guru
Joined: 03 Mar 2006
Posts: 7103
Location: Yes
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:56 pm |
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Titania
Hell on wheels
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Posts: 2442
Location: Rollin' rollin' rollin'
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:54 pm |
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I think a lot of those unsympathetic comments are false bravado. People see somebody do something that in retrospect is stupid, and deep down inside they realize they might have done the same. But they don't want anybody to know that, so they are among the loudest when it comes to making fun of the victim.
Human nature is a fascinating study. |
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those words really made me felt completely bad..and i had to dust my ass and wipe tears Micheal David
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Stanley's Christmas Adventure 2008 - Lagos to Abuja - massbait |
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RoyalFlush
Eater U Quiz winner
Joined: 30 Dec 2007
Posts: 361
Location: One poker tourney or another
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:57 pm |
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Titania, I tend to think that you're right.
My Dad's one of the "Oh, they're stupid and deserved what they got" types when it comes to scam victims. However, when he was younger, he passed on his fair share of chain letters, with cash included of course. So, he was scammed, albeit to a very small extent. I think that he lost fewer than one hundred dollars, all told, before he figured out that the chain letters aren't legitimate. |
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It's you and your family that don't have ENOUGH BRIAN CELLS.
I am dying because of your love you,ve impacted in me.
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Farkward
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 33
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:55 pm |
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You know what? I got scammed this week.
From a bee removal company. I had a hive full of killer bees in the wall of my house.
Okay, it wasn't me, but my business partner who got scammed, but I pay nonetheless. She's was in tears, crying because she felt like it was her fault that this happened; had she been smarter or more careful, they would not have taken advantage of her. God, I hate scammers because they make you feel bad about being a trusting, honest individual.
After I did some more research, I found out this is how that place operates, tell you one price, keep finding things wrong which cost more and more and use fear to really up the ante. They prey on elderly women.
Just really despicable people. I found another bee company to actually finish the job who gave us a discount simply because we had been scammed by their competitor first. Their fee for the entire job would have been half of what we paid them for the first visit alone.
The exterminator told me some real horror stories of old ladies losing $1,500 or more before calling him. He said most of his work was bailing people of of jobs with that company.
Oh, and that scam company? They are the ONLY bee removal experts who are licensed and bonded to do this work. And these asswipes just keep going and going because no one stops them.
Wonder why I spam bait? My father always said you had an obligation to fight injustice for all the people who come behind you. If you do not fight for justice for others, you have no expectation of justice for yourself.
We didn't get taken for much, probably $300 total by my estimate. It would have been $2,500, but my Spidey sense told me something wasn't quite right with what they were telling me and I did some checking.
I employed some of my scam baiting techniques learned here, like reading the fine print that says if you see bees within 48 hours, they will come back out. So of course, we had more of those darn bees, "I can see them buzzing around the window and if someone gets stung, I am sure they will sue you."
I figure I got more than $300 out of them in pounds of flesh, bit by bit. Between the angry telephone calls, repeat visits, arguments, etc. I got their hourly rate down to industry standards.
I have some ideas on how to make their lives a living hell, and have already started. They claimed the other company didn't do the work correctly, so I asked them to write it down for me, "so I can back to them and make them do it right."
What a load of horseshit. I called the other company and turned over the documents to them so they could go after them for libel.
If anyone has any ideas how to put the screws to this place, I'd love to hear them. |
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LonelyRichBoy
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Posts: 4
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Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:44 pm |
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That story is actually what brought me here, had never heard of this site before. I've got 4 very early baits going right now, all still on script. I'm workin at it though, I'm new at this |
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dr stephen williams
Baiting Guru
Joined: 06 Aug 2007
Posts: 16749
Location: Dreadful Hater-ville
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Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:05 am |
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That is so harsh, all those people calling him a "fucktard" and what not. Poor guy just lost a boatload of money and people need to pile more abuse on him? So sad. Some people were even applauding the scammers. What a shame. |
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Vulcan
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Joined: 12 Jan 2009
Posts: 55
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Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:48 am |
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I agree that the adverse comments are unfair..
I saw that article posted on Digg a day or two ago and everyone was saying that he deserved it, etc. (no one deserves it..)
That reminds me, my sister was selling some furniture on craigslist, and a fake check lad sent her a check for way over the asking price, without even seeing one picture of the furniture. That would be suspicious even if they sent a check for the actual price. If that wasn't a red flag enough, I do believe it came from Africa too.. This stuff happens to normal unwitting people.. Obviously we ripped up the check. |
_________________ "i can only understand that you are the worse big idiot in the whole univers. for your information this fund is real,anyway you are only a compand fool ,as your generation will roit in hell . really i sent some one to bobe because i am real" |
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pablo
419Eater is my life
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Posts: 366
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