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Wright B Hindyou
Elite Baiter
Joined: 11 May 2004
Posts: 1795
Location: Bangkok
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Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:59 pm |
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During half time in the second of the best-of-5 series of the quadrennial Australia v England cricket tournament (lunch on the 3rd day at Lord's, as we call it), the Cricinfo website runs an open blog in which their panel of experts try to answer questions from visitors to the site. As background, today there was much interest in a laptop which had been stolen overnight from one of the England players.
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[Comment From MR PETER NGO, NIGERIA ]
Dearest Mr Miller! I come bearing gifts and good tidings. You have won the Gold Coast Premium Notebook Lottery! We are pleased to offer you a Dell laptop newly refurbish. Please merely deposit a £250 safety note in our accounts to process transaction costs and for package.
13:32 Peter English: he'll take it! he's sending his bank details immediately
13:32 Andrew Miller: Mr Ngo, what splendid news!
13:32 Ranjit Shinde: Go for it Miller. Go fot it.
13:33 Andrew Miller: Ah, my bank details are stored on my old laptop. Never mind ... [exits building to sprint to the bank ...] |
I'm sure 'Peter Ngo' was a wind-up, but it's good to see 419 so well entrenched in public consciousness. Education is crucial.
Yet, sadly, there are always still going to be people who fall for it. |
_________________ "YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO HUMANITY" - Douglas Minning
"bastard like you, I will kill you with my hand, son of nobody. May your soul rust in help." - Titi Andrew
"I trusted you very much without knowing that you are a drug addit person" - Emma Bambara
"THIS YOUR BEHAVIOR IS IRELEVANT AND CROSPOLOS CARACTER" - Madam Clarrise Keita.
"you must speak beter because we dont train mad people in this company." - Incredible Self-Baiting Pastor Joe |
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Cap419kicker
Ye Olde Privy Smythe
Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 361
Location: Pushing truck selling Obama shirts on Ring Road Lagos
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Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:03 am |
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Especially in the bad economy, someone somewhere will really think they have a dead relative who has 3 million dollars in a lock box in Africa somewhere.
I always talk to folks about these scams. I only know of ONE person who almost fell for a "Coca Cola Lottery" mail a few years ago. I talked to her. She was shocked that people would actually scam other people via the internet. Since then, she forwards me some of her latest catches for my amusement. My wife even educates people she speaks with about these scams.
All we can do is continue what we do here. It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. |
_________________ FACTA NON VERBA!
"You must take you antiques somewhere else if you are fake"-Patrick Zuma
"FACK YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FATHER"--robert_baasi
"Your information is safe with me and will not be used anonymously"-- Dal Cal� Maccio
"you are as useless as your e-mail sound. bingo like." ---Zinriszal Bin Selamat
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bearkat419
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 4445
Location: Houston, TX
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Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:04 am |
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Two people I know - whom I have talked to extensively about scams as both know that I have an interest in baiting - recently fell for a classic check scam. It is good to see that at least the message is sinking in for some folks! |
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Titania
Hell on wheels
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Posts: 2442
Location: Rollin' rollin' rollin'
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Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:40 pm |
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I have made no secret of my anti-scam activities. As a result, a friend asked me to look at an email he received (classic tutor/overpayment scam). I pointed out the signs of scammishness, and he stopped communicating with the scammer immediately. He received a check (for more than his fee, of course) and tore it up. He has also simply ignored other job offers that had similar characteristics. Today he thanked me for educating him about scams - he's a teacher on summer furlough, and money is very tight for him. |
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