The "Nigerian" scam.

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mart
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The "Nigerian" scam.

Post by mart »

I've given up sending rude replies, they never get delivered.
I'm now trying the "I'm interested, please tell me more" tack and so far, no-one has.
You can't win.

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Pervert
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Re: The "Nigerian" scam.

Post by Pervert »

I don't think they're interested in hearing anything from you except your name and bank account number.

I got a variation on the theme about six months back. Someone saying, "Hey, your credit card is being used by someone else. Send us the number so we can check it out."
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Deuce Bigolo
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Re: The "Nigerian" scam.

Post by Deuce Bigolo »

To think that there are people who actually reply

Scary world

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DavidS
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Re: The "Nigerian" scam.

Post by DavidS »

They rely on the old Phineas T. Barnum(1810-1891) maxim. "There's a sucker born every minute."
steve56
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Re: The "Nigerian" scam.

Post by steve56 »

i just delete when i see a nigerian sounding name.
Kryten
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Re: The "Nigerian" scam.

Post by Kryten »

LOL at Steve.

They reckon every day in London there are 2-3 people being fleeced by these crooks. Truly amazing that anyone believes this shash. Suckers the lot of them.

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Kryten.
Peter
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Re: The "Nigerian" scam.

Post by Peter »

I know there are a lot of people who will fall for this, but why do so many of them seem to have 10's, even 100's of thousands of cash to "invest".

I can't see how someone who has the ability and business acumen to make a lot of money from a sucessful business, can so easily be fooled.
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jj
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Re: The "Nigerian" scam.

Post by jj »

Apparently so.
The funniest, I think, was two of your, ahem, fellow Americans who arrived in Edinburgh only to find the address was a take-away.
Stupidity and greed know no frontiers.........
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steve56
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Re: The "Nigerian" scam.

Post by steve56 »

it had to be macdonalds the takeaway,lol.

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