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DON'T GET SCAMMED | Family loses $1.3 Million
inheritancefunding.com — An Australian family has been scammed for more than $1.3 million in an elaborate variation of a scam that persuades people to part with large sums of money so they can retrieve an overseas inheritance, police say. The fraud has become known as the Nigerian 419 scam.
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- netuserx, on 07/01/2008, -0/+7I can't believe these people fell for this, I wouldn't trust any foreign inheritance transactions
- sterntastic223, on 07/01/2008, -0/+5This happened to me when I listened to that darned Nigerian guy who always emails me.
- Pingpongpie, on 07/01/2008, -0/+9With all the awareness around, its terrible that people fell for it, but I gotta say they must be pretty gullible.
- Cancerkitty, on 07/01/2008, -0/+5Why are people still getting duped by this *****?
- kataztrophy, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2The prospect of money. People will fall for anything that involved a fairly large pay out.
- elliottdotorg, on 07/01/2008, -0/+4Ridiculous!
- decepticrat, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2Yaknow, I wouldn't believe that people could still get taken in this day and age if it wasn't for the fact that one of my co-workers was just recently scammed out of a ton of money in, what I thought was, a boiler plate ruse that everyone was aware of... and I actually regard this gentleman as fairly intelligent.
- eddie273, on 07/01/2008, -2/+1Austrailians; when will they ever learn?
:)- ardent11, on 07/02/2008, -1/+2Maybe the day you learn how to speel.
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:)- eddie273, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Agreed.
- ardent11, on 07/02/2008, -1/+2Maybe the day you learn how to speel.
- AzzidReign, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3I guess their parents never told them "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is"...
- mattnyc99, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3scary
- manzplan, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5I e-mailed Nigeria back
" WOW isnt that weird, I have the same problem, I have millions of dollars I need to get out of Canada.. maybe you can help me"
never heard back... - sdigroup, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3wtf people???
- chaddles, on 07/02/2008, -3/+3This article was copied (and pasted!) from a news story more than 12 months old
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867 ... - DancingCamel, on 07/02/2008, -0/+0If this is true, it's both sad and unbelievable. Are people really that dumb? Or perhaps I should say that greedy?!
- tomsentest, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1These people deserve no sympathy... period.
- angusm, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1This just in: scientists say that greed deactivates parts of the brain.
- FMRYP, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1This has been around for ever, I don't know how someone so stupid could have 1.3 Million in the first place.
- Ninh, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Nobody would be surprised if the "family friend" was in on the scam.
- mspink, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1It should be a crime to let stupid people have so much money.
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