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- PatrickFisher, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41It would be disconcerting if it didn't still work. That would mean people AREN'T actually stupid.
- NewChar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Whatever, more free money for me.
*runs to get credit card* - championchap, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I got one the other week to my SPAM account, so i replied to it and hot a nice conversation with one of the spammers as i tried to convince them i was somebody else.. yet still aprehenscive about the transaction that was to take place.. i needed some form of security.. i needed to get to know the guy before i could really trust him with all that money.
I wanted a picture of them holding a sign that said "Hi Ron Hitler Barassi!!" But after the first couple emails they wouldnt reply.. grr. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15The actual quote is:
"There's a sucker born every minute"
-P.T. Barnum - Rikkochet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Some people are just trusting.. They'll ship a p-p-p-powerbook without having received the funds!
http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/ - Pile, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14In related news, people are still stupid.
I am fully in favor of this scam personally. I consider it "natural selection for people with less brains than money". - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11"Scammers will bid on an item for sale and tell the seller the check is in the mail. The seller ships off whatever he is selling — a $1,500 laptop computer, in the case of one trusting New Yorker, as reported by the New York Daily News — before receiving money for the purchase."
If you are that retarded you deserve to be scammed. Why the HELL would you ship your item before getting paid?
Well I don't know about you, but I met this nice widow of nigerian president and she needs me to send her $10,000 so she can wire $692,794 out of the country, to make sure it is not seized by the government. To do this she is giving me a 14% cut. She should be receiving the check any day now. - sniper6121, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13I hate Spammers
- RidesAPaleHorse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Would you say you became a real master baiter?
- expectinrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9A fool and his money soon part. These people who fall for this due go GREED deserve what they get.
- rubicante, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Just wait until OLPC gets going...
- raindogmx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Ok, listen to this one:
Last week a guy from a nearby office came to mine and asked if I could help him understand an email he got. I said ok and he handed me a bunch of printed emails which I started reading rightaway... OMFG!
"It seems like you won the free lotto" I said.
It was going to be the wildest laughter seizure I've had in ages but I contained.
So I patiently began explaining him why it was a scam, how that stuff worked and I even typed in the URL which came with the email to show him that they only wanted him to sign up with his credit card. He stared silently, eyes wide open and when his brain catched up he whined dimly with resignation. 'Thank you very much he said' and went away.
Then I laughed.
But fifteen minutes later he came back. What's it now? I wondered. He had another bunch of papers that he gave to me. Now he was convinced he had won the UK lottery. Really, after taking my time to explain him how those scams work he was back with another set of printed email scams!
I could only congratulate him. Opened my gmail spambox and showed him that I've won the same lottery like 30 times. He thanked me and left again but I could tell by his look that he wasn't totally convinced, seemed like he had plans for the money already. I wonder if he went to ask another person again.
I won a new friend, though. - piznut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Fox News story about greedy morons falling for a scam?
Oh the irony. - chix0r, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7if you fall for it you don't deserve to have the internet...because you also probably still have bonzai buddy installed along with comet cursors.
- shadus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Just proves there's an idiot born every minute.
- MrBobby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Hello too meet you Digg community.
In advance I thank you for the time to listen and hope that some of your illustrious members may give aide to me. My name is Prince Bantu Azikwe, son of the glorious King in exile of my fair country. From abroad in London I have watched the land of my childhood turn to the deceitful ways of internet forgery.
It is with a heavy heart and this in mind I turn to you Digg. Deposed from the throne by my avacious brother, I lack no power to correct the wrongs and right the evils of my land. If I could only secure a flight a Jos I would be able to speak to my brother, who's ears is always receptive to me and plead with him to make my land the first among lands.
Sadly, with the death of my father I no longer have access to the national fortune, which is in the hands of my brother. It is thus that I write to you, Digg nation, in the hopes of bringing honor to my land, in search of a few kind souls to partage a small sum of money to secure my train ride home. All I ask is $500 from 10 people, a total of $6000 to secure my voyage and open the cold ear of my brother. I can be assure to you that upon completion of my mission, I will reimburse my helpers 10 times, as a token of the gratitude of my people.
Please do not hesitate to contact me.
azikwe278@mail.myway.com - Berkana, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5For once, I'm glad scambaiters exist.
Anyone remember the scam baiter (Known as "Shiver Metimbers" online) who managed to get a scammer to tattoo "baited by Shiver" on his arm? That was classic.
http://www.419eater.com/html/okorie.htm
Scroll down for the photos. They're hilarious.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,71387-0.html - NewChar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Damn grape ape.
- storm36, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2lets face the truth - people who fall for it are greedy - they think thry are getting something for next to nothing - its no surprise that these conmen have had most success in the good old USA!
- rodgerdodger5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Sucka! The entire quote is "There's a sucker born every minute...and two to take 'em." and is often attributed to P.T. Barnum but he probably didn't say it. Freakin Wikipedia has an article...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's_a_sucker_born_every_minute - harris2004, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I get one of those emails everyday..they are not just Nigerian..they are starting to claim they are from other countries like, japan, Poland and even Iraq...the ones claiming to be women looking for desperate help..i just send a email full of ***** and other ones go to Deleted Box.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Here's my Nigerian scammer trophy: http://madsenblog.dk/?p=366
...got him to send me a photo :-D - tomatogirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hey, have a little compassion. You don't need to be a greedy idiot to fall prey to this scam. My brilliant (Harvard-educated) and ethical mother-in-law fell for this and lost tens of thousands of dollars, thanks to a stroke which very subtly damaged her once-good judgment. Until this happened, her family and doctors had little reason to suspect she wasn't as discerning as she used to be, since she appeared to have full control of her wits after the stroke.
Also, not all 419 scams require the victim to do anything unethical. Some scammers claim the victim is receiving a legitimate inheritance from a long-lost relative, etc. That's what my mother-in-law fell for.
Sigh. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Anybody dumb enough to get taken by this scam deserves it.
Maybe we should leave it alone as a financial Darwinism kinda thing. - porkstacker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It is my belief that before an internet user be allowed to have an email address that they are to take an intelligence test, designed such that the idiots who would fall for a 419 scam would be weeded out-- essentially denied an email address.
- michaelvaf, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Once I baited one of these guys for a couple weeks, trying to get him to jump through hoops and do stupid things to proove he was for real - then i got bored and told him to rot in jail. Anyone else got any good baiter stories?
- maximusGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My brother fell for this... well... almost. He asked me if I wanted in on it first.
- archlich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well just like the adage goes, a sucker is born every minute. The new generation of kids using the net may not have been exposed to this scam several years ago, but they are now. I don't expect social hacking to go away, ever.
note to self, refresh page. digg me down - andergriff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Any do-gooder silly enough to fall for this scam deserves to lose his money.
- cianuro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Whoever falls for this completely deserves it. It you are that stupid, you deserve to be broke in a hovel somewhere away from the rest of society.
It's evolution. Survival of the fittest. These retards will eventually fade out of the fabric of modern society. - nmeadata, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I had a friend that sold used cars, His motto was there is an ass for every seat, put it out there and somebody will fall for it.
- jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Today I got one from Haiti.
- johnnycornholer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I felt special when I finally received one of these that didn't get caught by my spam filter. I was so pleased that I forwarded it to everyone I know. HA HA Does that mean I'm perpetuating the problem? Did I spell that right?
- diggmaddy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's because of such few in a million "ignorant" people that these scammers are motivated and thriving. If their scams don't work, they won't do it. Such incidents make them think they work and thus, lives of rest of us get miserable due to their increased spam.
- rodgerdodger5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh Oh, even better original phrase was first used by a con-man in the 1880s called Joseph Bessimer (aka 'Paper Collar Joe'). The original phrase, as said by Bessimer, was "There is a sucker born every minute, but none of them ever die.". This is by far the best!!!
- Spo8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You guys are being far too serious about this. Turn the tables and screw with these scammers! Proclaim your longing to help their noble cause, but inform them that first they must complete the ridiculous task of your choosing. Be creative!
- NekoIan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Certainly people who watch Fox News would fall for it.
- DigitalBrian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No kidding I got a Nigerian Spam Message on my Skype the other day
- intense321, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Awesome. Just awesome.
- ScornForSega, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This just in:
If you're ill informed enough to still fall for the Nigerian scam, you probably watch Fox News. - Shananra, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1419eater has some funny stuff, but their community sucks. (mostly because of the admins there) If you want to see some scambaiters worth hanging out with, try thescambaiter.com. At least they're not flooded with cliques that will flame the hell out of you if you're a newbie, regardless of how intelligent your posts are. Hint: intelligence is not measured by one's post count.
Seriously, some people don't know how to run a community based website. If eater continues on it's current trend, even the family members of their mods will be seeking alternative sites for their baiting fix. - ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The p-p-p-powerbook reverse-scam was a classic, but pales compared to this one:
http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1132
It's a long read, but worth it. To summarize, over the span of 2 years this guy got a 419 to accept (and pay for,) at least *eight* shipments of laptops ... and when I say "laptops," I mean busted computer junk and large appliances.
(Looks like they require registration now.) - rmany2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This, believe it or not, is actually happening currently to a friend of mine over a PS3, except we were smart enough to figure it out before they could even get started trying to fool us. Let's just say they'll be getting a box that says PS3 (in Sharpie marker), but there won't be a PS3 inside.
- Johnny2085, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Buried as lame because there's no 'no ***** sherlock' choice when buring.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And to think a lot of people teach their kids never to talk to strangers and suspicious people they don't know. Wouldn't hurt to follow their own advice, in the Internet or elsewhere.
- Llanowar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Oh well, if you're stupid enough to fall for a scam like that I guess the money is better off in the hands of the scammers anyway...
- ThisIsBob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A fool and his money were lucky to get together to begin with.
- Honza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OMG Such suckers!!! :D Aren't these ***** ridiculous? How big can human's stupidity be after all..
- pazzokul, on 11/23/2007, -0/+0Can you tell me more about these Nigerian Scams, I have just been talking with someone from there and he seems trust worthy
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