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Stealthxb


Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 03:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

This is classic!!!

http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

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Pa_xb9sx


Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 07:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

A long story, but definitely worth the read. Bravo! The $500 Harley Davidson's on Ebay come to mind when reading about this.
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Whodom


Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 09:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Great story. If you like that, you'll like this:

http://www.419eater.com/

These guys string along the infamous Nigerian scam artists. You know, you get an e-mail supposedly from a family member of some diposed diplomat who needs you to launder a million or so bucks for him and is willing pay you a few thousand to do it. You end up sending him your bank info, and find your account cleaned out shortly afterwards. These anti-scammers are great.
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M2me


Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 10:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It was a great story but I wonder about this:


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Finally, and most disturbingly, Jeff was not heard from again. I personally e-mailed him for permission to run his story on ZUG, but after an initial response, I never heard from him again. All of his Web sites have come down, and he is nowhere to be found.




I wonder if Jeff was the original scammer. I wonder if the whole story was a scam, a hoax and that none of it actually happened.
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Johnnylunchbox
Posted on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 04:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

This was my response to a Nigerian scammer who was asking for help to settle some estate:

Out of the goodness of my heart I will help you for a fee of 3,000 dollars payable by money order. I hope you take advantage of my exceedingly generous offer. Also, I would like a pet hyena. I would be more interested in the hyena than the money. If a hyena is not available then perhaps you could ship a medium sized crocodile. God bless and good luck.

I never got a response
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