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- badqat, on 10/27/2009, -0/+27At this point in time, it's a shame that anyone falls for these...yet they do, in large numbers, every day that ends in "y".
- GTRagnarok, on 10/28/2009, -0/+15Hey, this is cool. If you type your Digg password, it comes up as stars! Look, here's mine: ******
- StigNordas, on 10/27/2009, -0/+13Can't get much lower than Disaster Relief Scams.
- CurlyMike139125, on 10/28/2009, -0/+9I am a deposed Nigerian pricne who desprately needs to get $4,000,000,000 out of my cuontry!
- thefox84, on 10/28/2009, -0/+7I can't believe we're using the term 2000's already. These ten years will have gone very quickly.
- ftc08, on 10/28/2009, -0/+7hunter2
Did it work??? - DLit, on 10/28/2009, -0/+7wait so im not getting $400,000?
- flossdaily, on 10/28/2009, -0/+7If you guys deposite $50.00 in my paypal account, I'll tell you about the 13th Internet Scam of the 2000s.
- Khast, on 10/28/2009, -0/+6If it's too good to be true...it probably is.
Too bad greed plays a #1 part in most people's lives or scams would never work. - Sideshowslob, on 10/28/2009, -0/+4People don't speak to grammar.
Oh wait, only people can be grammared. - MScrip, on 10/28/2009, -0/+3I always thought the "2000s" sounded funny... it didn't have the same ring as the 90s, 80s, etc.
Then I realized that the 2000s are almost over! Holy crap! Where did the time go?
You know what sounds even weirder? The 10s. - Spanq, on 10/28/2009, -0/+3"While not as common today as, say, back in 2003-2005, spyware is still a major source of web-based fraud."
Not as common today? Wrong, try again.
They did forget a huge source of fraud the late 90s and early 00s: Web Advertising. All those gaming and entertainment "networks" that promised $2.00CPM. When your site generated several million pageviews a month and it was time for your $10k-$20k check, it never happened. Anyone remember eFront? eUniverse? - catalysis, on 10/28/2009, -1/+3The Pirate Bay/Sealand scam was pretty good. Not sure how much they made off with, but it was probably a decent take.
- dumbum, on 10/28/2009, -1/+3It worked on Flight of the Conchords...
- sipsyrup, on 10/28/2009, -0/+2Hello,
In order for you to receive your $400,000, you must first provide me with your bank information.
Thanks
Also your social for good measure. - riverstyx, on 10/28/2009, -0/+2Its all about swine flu remedies these days..These people are just parasites:
http://consumerist.com/5390714/fda-um-please-do-no ... - Latigoliath, on 10/28/2009, -0/+2NIGERIAN, PRINCE OF
- Lunarbunny, on 10/28/2009, -0/+2Pretty sure those are "419" scams, not 401.
- robertisaar, on 10/28/2009, -0/+2the work from home ads are STILL in my local paper...
- paradigmxx, on 10/28/2009, -1/+2Teeth whitening ads?
Acaiberries?
No? - iamsmarticus, on 10/28/2009, -0/+1I was about to say, do you know my friend Nigel Saladu?
- sparkplug890, on 10/28/2009, -0/+11234
did it work? - michaelrsa, on 10/28/2009, -1/+2What about Genocide Relief Scams? Or perhaps Genocide Disaster Relief Scams?
No, even worse, Nickle Back Relief Scam. - Arkveld, on 10/28/2009, -0/+1try that on some mmo, but say it has to be backwards (a lot actually are censored foward) and watch what happens.
- iVisionX01, on 10/28/2009, -0/+1password
Did it work? - riverstyx, on 10/28/2009, -0/+1I remember the lottery scam from as early as 2000, but not online. What these criminals would do is drive around town, litter the area with scratch-and-win lottery tickets that were all instant winners, then sit back and wait. I picked up one or two on occasion and they were just laughable, promising free tvs and stereos.
I also remember the work-from-home scams being in the newspapers from even before then. One time as a goof I mailed requesting information, and it was just a photocopy requesting something like 50 bucks for supplies to get started.
When ipods first came out, there were a million scam sites promising a free one if you signed up on such and such offer. I don't remember a single story of anyone actually receiving one though, unless it was also a scam site posting fake pictures with the "Heres-my-ipod-now-get-yours" claim. - MisterEThoughts, on 10/28/2009, -0/+1Good list. I bet there is even more!
- Scira, on 10/28/2009, -0/+1I could forgive people for falling for the bank scams if not led to the sites via email.
- Sideshowslob, on 10/28/2009, -1/+1I call shenanigans. . .everybody get your brooms!
- skeptictank, on 10/28/2009, -0/+0E-bay comes close but yeah, you're right.
- inactive, on 10/28/2009, -0/+0The 13th Scam.
Digg posts with 50 links. - arfike, on 10/28/2009, -1/+0At least Christmas doesn't end in a "y". That must be the worldwide scammer's day off.
- AngelBunny, on 10/28/2009, -4/+2To be fair, right before the psp came out I went to the free psps web site and jumped through all the hoops. Withen the first two weeks the psp came out in the USA I received my copy. Also, I made around $80s in bets that it wasn't a scam. It was a good week. ^_^
Unfortunately, about a year later another company bought the startup and now it really is a scam. - fireashes, on 10/28/2009, -9/+1People don't fell to scams.
Oh wait, only people can be scammed.
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