Author |
Message |
luckey
Moderator
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 5672
Location: Check the lost and found
|
Posted:
Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:20 pm |
|
...or maybe not: Click |
_________________ Moderator: \ˈmä-də-ˌrā-tər\: noun
A material which slows down neutrons after fission to speeds at which their probability for interaction with the fuel material is increased. |
|
|
|
Larson
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 02 Dec 2008
Posts: 518
|
Posted:
Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:41 pm |
|
That's some mighty lofty lad ambitions right there. |
_________________ x8
listen i don't beg you money if you don't interested through this transaction please kindly remove your hand and stop contact me - Razak Konan, Malaysia
OK BYE AND NEVER CONTACT ME AGAIN FUCK YOUR MUMMY BOTTOM , MUST THIS NIGHT MARK IT SOME WHERE, OK. - Simon Legree / Christopher Moore, Nigeria |
|
|
|
JMRazor
Baiting Guru
Joined: 03 Mar 2006
Posts: 7103
Location: Yes
|
Posted:
Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:43 pm |
|
Well, nearly every bank in the world is looking pretty stupid right now as they teeter on the brink of being nationalized, so maybe the saying has some truth to it. |
_________________ <a href="http://forum.419eater.com/forum/donate.php">|A 100% RISKY FREE PROPOSITION| </a> |PLEASE VISIT SCAMWARNERS| |READ OUR F.A.Q.| |WHEN IN DOUBT CLICK ON THIS|
____________________________ Pretty Prancing Pink Pony Master _____________________________
x 43
x 16
x 3 |
|
|
|
ParaNoid
** REMEMBERED **
Joined: 12 Sep 2006
Posts: 5123
Location: Looking for Steward.
|
Posted:
Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:00 pm |
|
an overly optimistic reporter wrote: |
Swindles in which someone overseas seeks access to a person’s bank account are so well known that most potential victims can spot them in seconds. |
I so wish this statement were true...
The story doesn't say how much Citi actually sent BEFORE verifying that the people who "authorized" the transfers were actually authorizing the transfers.
It looks like some of these institurions need to hire members of Eater to keep their - our money safe.
edited for speling issues... |
_________________ Gold Coins here
x 4 <b>Looking for a Mentor? Click here</b>
"If I get mad at you, please just understand me. I am just being ParaNoid because I love you so much." - unknown
Visit www.scamwarners.com |
|
|
|
blah
Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
Posts: 1775
Location: Speckled Cct Springfield Lakes QLD 4300
|
Posted:
Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:38 pm |
|
Stole money from a country in Africa.
What ever happened to principled lads that only steal from westerners... |
_________________ x12
With all due respect. you nothing but a cheap scum.idoit and heartless man!! - Turkey Smith
please daddy don't lunch your powers on Mr.alex! - my "son".
M7CN Mangler - 1998 clicks. This process is absolutely embarassing. - Sgt. Jones
M7CN Mangler+SecSh1eld+Allst@r= How dear you make me go thru such stress.. - Fr@nk West
<a href="/forum/donate.php">[Click here for dirty nasty pr0n!!1]</a>
x6
|
|
|
|
callum
Director of Press Relations
Joined: 29 May 2004
Posts: 3631
Location: On the run from the asylum and this seems like a good place to hide. Blend right in...
|
Posted:
Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:10 am |
|
I always follow Tsners advise, so GRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, that feels better. |
_________________ Do you have a concern about ethics? Click here, then here and finally HERE!
Bush goat you will meat like a chicken. It will kill you in your house where you are going to die.
I owe you quite simply one of the definitive experiences of my life.
x 2 teeny part of a large effort x29 x5
Trolling is usually symptomatic of bad character, mental problems or ugliness - RIP Jock_2009 |
|
|
|
GomerPyle
Baiting Guru
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 8875
Location: Wherever I lay my hat
|
Posted:
Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:20 pm |
|
I spent my whole working life in a bank and most of that in international finance, and yes I did bemoan that banks had become gambling casinos masquerading as banks, and most proper banking people have long since left.
There's no excuse for what that bank allowed, though I would strongly suspect some inside connivance from Ethiopia, as most people are unaware of the existence of such accounts, and only very few know how they operate, signatures and account numbers. The fact is that if you can't trust your customer - you get rid of the account - no matter who - whether they are fraudsters or just plain lax over security.
You don't get a bonus for doing the simple things right, but if you don't do the simple things right, the whole boat sinks.
Accepting written instructions from an international bank is so abysmally stupid as to defy credibility. Without giving away secrets, it is standard procedure in most banks to operate floor limits to verify transactions within certain parameters, and a written payment instruction from another bank to an individual/company for any amount would seem to be common sense - but common sense and banking parted company long ago.
Banks don't normally issue written payment instructions - not for 20 years, and even if Ethiopia doesn't have SWIFT, though I suspect they do, they'll have telex, and complex authentication systems will be in place to verify them. |
_________________ Fake sites killed 1 x 9 x 3 x 168 X
- the 'Asparagus Kid' - Accra to Lome - You Must surly Die in The Name Of Jesus Christ
- Steve - Lagos to Accra
- Frank - Lagos to Cotonou - co-bait with the vampire
- Shorty - Lagos to Cotonou - My Agro Base farming where i rearing chicken and other animals was set ablazed overnight and we do not know who is actual behinde all these evils! -
I and my crew was locked up for 3 good days….They wanted to charge us to court but later we are fined an huge amount of money…I asked them why did they arrest the men, they started laughing and saying all sorts mockering words! -
…because now, am left with nothing and remember i told you my Guy (Joe) gave up earlier this morning |
|
|
|
zephyr2009
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 3
|
Posted:
Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:48 pm |
|
|
|
|
GomerPyle
Baiting Guru
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 8875
Location: Wherever I lay my hat
|
Posted:
Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:59 pm |
|
Quote: |
One constituent is believed to have replied to the email, but - in what may be a blow to Mr Straw's self esteem - nobody offered any money. |
|
_________________ Fake sites killed 1 x 9 x 3 x 168 X
- the 'Asparagus Kid' - Accra to Lome - You Must surly Die in The Name Of Jesus Christ
- Steve - Lagos to Accra
- Frank - Lagos to Cotonou - co-bait with the vampire
- Shorty - Lagos to Cotonou - My Agro Base farming where i rearing chicken and other animals was set ablazed overnight and we do not know who is actual behinde all these evils! -
I and my crew was locked up for 3 good days….They wanted to charge us to court but later we are fined an huge amount of money…I asked them why did they arrest the men, they started laughing and saying all sorts mockering words! -
…because now, am left with nothing and remember i told you my Guy (Joe) gave up earlier this morning |
|
|
|
Cachuma
Baiting Guru
Joined: 04 May 2007
Posts: 2284
Location: Blowing bubbles at 130 fsw
|
Posted:
Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:45 pm |
|
Even funnier:
Online comment on article from Malcolm, London, England wrote: |
I'll donate $3,000 to keep him there. |
|
_________________ Alex Mandl4: The past week has been the worst in my entire life, I have lost weight, I don't sleep at night, I left my job abruptly, and do you think it has been easy for?
Master Nicholas Radf@rd: I must confess that i am higly obliged to be a cretin, it is a rare privilegde.
= Mr. Mandl4 & Mr. Brown, 1480 total miles: Johannesburg to Gaborone; Gaborone to Maun; Back to Gaborone; back to Johannesburg.
x15 X1 X1
<---TS certified. |
|
|
|
ParaNoid
** REMEMBERED **
Joined: 12 Sep 2006
Posts: 5123
Location: Looking for Steward.
|
Posted:
Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:02 pm |
|
In the understatement of the year, the reporter wrote: |
Perhaps unwisely, somebody in Mr Straw's office fell for it [the phish] and sent a reply last Thursday. |
I am glad that it is not just officials in the USA that fall for such things. I believe that most of life must be greeted with a healthy dose of skepticism. Of course, I am...
If anyone doesn't know already, email account providers do not send you requests to send them your password. They don't need your password to service your account. |
_________________ Gold Coins here
x 4 <b>Looking for a Mentor? Click here</b>
"If I get mad at you, please just understand me. I am just being ParaNoid because I love you so much." - unknown
Visit www.scamwarners.com |
|
|
|
thud419
Baiting Guru
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Posts: 3193
|
Posted:
Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:34 pm |
|
@Cachuma, There was a similar one a bit further down, from someone in his own constituency.
Edit: Here it is, and another nice one too:
Quote: |
What made this scam entirely improbable is the idea that Mr Straw would only be asking for $3,000 to pay for his hotel and flight home. By the time you factor in 5 star hotels and first class air tickets, plus chauffeur driven cars which our MPs are used to, $30,000 would be closer to the mark.
Miriam, Bristol,
I would pay £3000.00 to get rid of him!! No one in their right mind would pay to get him back.
Andy S, Blackburn, |
|
_________________ Click here to feel warm and cozy.
I did not f**k your wife in any way -- Nike Akanbi
I don't know what else to do or do I continue filling and filling forms. -- Barr. Koloti
you has been dribbling me up and down but I will show some thing you have never seen before, I think you breath air wait and see. -- Barr. Cole
x14
x 0.25 won from Reaper in a sucker's bet
x8 x several |
|
|
|
|