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Thread ID: 125275	2012-06-18 03:05:00	Scams How thick are some people.	mikebartnz (21)	PC World Chat

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1282353	2012-06-18 09:49:00	Heh, I just got one... Dear Customer!!! We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Confirm-able Package that is registered with us for shipping to your residential Location. We had thought that your sender gave you our contact Details. It may interes you to know that a letter is also added to your package. We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft worth of $1,500,000.00 USD (1.5 Million Dollars), FedEx does not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but Bank Drafts are shippable. The package is registered with Us for mailing by your colleague from United Nations Organization, and Your colleague explained that he is from the U.S.A but he is currently In Africa for a three (3) months Surveying Project as he works with a Consultant firm in Nigeria, We are sending you this email because your Package is been registered on a Special Order. For your information, the VAT & Shipping charges as well as Insurance fees have been paid by your Colleague before your package was registered............. At least they know how to spell Cheque properly!	Agent_24 (57)
1282354	2012-06-18 09:57:00	Some people are incredibly thick, as shown by the voters selecting the MPs for Epsom, or Ellerslie or whatever that cast-out electorate is called. Then, there's Vista, sold to several dozen people around the world. And Lucas, sold with a sneer for years. ;)	R2x1 (4628)
1282355	2012-06-18 10:10:00	MPs for Epsom, or Ellerslie or whatever that cast-out electorate is called. Ellerslie or whatever that cast-out electorate is called. It's called Maungakiekie, and its MP is Pesata Sam Lotu-Iiga. Here's his partial CV: I was born in Apia, Samoa, and moved to New Zealand with my family when I was a child. I grew up in South Auckland and went to school at Auckland Grammar. While studying at the University of Auckland for my Bachelor and Masters in Commerce (Hon) and Bachelor of Laws, I worked as an intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and for the Ministry of Land, Surveys and Environment in Apia. After graduating I joined Russell McVeagh as a solicitor, working in the area of corporate and commercial law. I later moved to England, where I worked for Bankers Trust as a financial analyst. I went on to earn my MBA from the University of Cambridge (Queens College) before moving to Sydney where I became an executive consultant with Macquarie Bank. In 2007 I was elected to the Tamaki-Maungakiekie seat on the Auckland City Council and was appointed Chairman of the City Development Committee. In 2008 I was elected as the MP for Maungakiekie with a margin of 1,942 votes. In 2011 I was re-elected with a margin of 3,021 votes. I am the Chairman of the Social Services Select Committee and a member of the Commerce Select Committee. I was honoured to be given the high chief title of Peseta. I’m a board member for the First Foundation, the Great Potentials Foundation and I'm the patron of the Maungarei Cadets and the Onehunga Bowling Club. I'm also a mentor for the I Have a Dream Trust and I'm an active member of the Rotary Club of Penrose and the Royal Oak Baptist Church. In my spare time I enjoy playing rugby – many years ago I played rugby for the New Zealand Barbarians – and I coached the Auckland Under-14 rugby team. I also like playing golf when I get the chance. Not too bad as far as politicians - or even North Shore residents go! :)	WalOne (4202)
1282356	2012-06-18 10:21:00	Digby, why are you mentioning Nigerian call centres with different guys proposing love matches and - marriage? You're a worry. :D I thought that was the Russians domain.	mikebartnz (21)
1282357	2012-06-18 10:30:00	After graduating I joined Russell McVeagh as a solicitor, working in the area of corporate and commercial law. That firm had a reputation so I am sure he learnt a few tricks there.	mikebartnz (21)
1282358	2012-06-18 11:27:00	From WalOne . "Ellerslie or whatever that cast-out electorate is called . " OK, it is Epsom that should have all votes annulled and the electors flogged . I admit there is a certain logic to sending their last two MPs out of town, but even Wellington doesn't really deserve to receive that sort of deportee . p . s . , CVs are about as credible as a car dealer's statistics, and when it is a politicians CV, - - well . . . ;)	R2x1 (4628)
1282359	2012-06-18 12:53:00	Oh come on your guys, it was probably his EQC payout that he blew, therefore it never cost him, it just cost you and me!!! :D Now he just has to spend the rest of his days in a half stuffed house cause he cant afford to fix it.	Iantech (16386)
1282360	2012-06-18 14:07:00	Yes its easy for us to stand aside and view such victims with derision . Personally I think compassion is the better view . Over the years I've had to advise a few such people who have been scammed . Generally they have been intelligent decent people, someone you'd invite into your home and like . Often they are lonely either through widowing or the vagaries of life . Vulnerable . Indeed two I can recall were university graduates who believed they were being careful and cautious . The scammers can be very very manipulative and clever . Another had just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Spain when she received notice she'd won a Spanish lottery . In fact she had bought a lottery ticket in Spain so . . . What would you do?	Winston001 (3612)
1282361	2012-06-18 21:17:00	Yes its easy for us to stand aside and view such victims with derision. Generally they have been intelligent decent people Another had just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Spain when she received notice she'd won a Spanish lottery. In fact she had bought a lottery ticket in Spain so... What would you do? I'd ring Spain, not respond to a scammer. And, if she had actually won, they sure wouldn't ask her for money for "admin fees" or whatever.	pctek (84)
1282362	2012-06-18 22:26:00	We are all time and time again warned about the existence of these scams. The majority of people heed the warnings and delete the email. I personally find it too boring to even bother reading them. The names are usually changed but the wording is usually similar. Roughly translated as, "We want your money sucker". It only takes a very small percentage to be sucked in so that these criminals can have ill gotten gains. It is good that newspaper articles appear about these scams.This article shows what will happen when scammers catch a sucker in their web. They will not let go until they suck money from the sucker. By the time the sucker realises that he is being scammed he is out of pocket by several thousand dollars.	Bobh (5192)
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