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Thread ID: 118547 2011-06-09 20:41:00 People still actually falling for spam.... rob_on_guitar (4196) PC World Chat
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1208202 2011-06-10 08:15:00 Maybe not abnormal.. enlightened perhaps? :lol: Agent_24 (57)
1208203 2011-06-10 08:25:00 The sad part of it is that those that fall for a scam are usually those that can least afford to lose their money. Those that are in desperate circumstances can see it as a windfall to get themselves out of their situation. This woman would have had to borrow money from the bank to pay the scammers. She did not have money to spare.

The people who run the scams are after easy money. They do not give a damn about the people they defraud. The best thing that us and the media can do about it is to warn people away from scams. There is plenty of media publicity about scams but gullible people unfortunately still fall for them. 		Bobh (5192)
1208204 2011-06-10 09:18:00 Maybe a good time to warn the wealthy among you not to travel by air - plane or helicopter and definitely not with your family. I have received so many offers to share in the estate of so many wealthy people who died along with their families in plane or h'copter crashes and left no heirs. It's a good job that there are kind bank officials who try to give away the money before the UN or FBI take possession of it.
Funny thing though - why is it that all these prizes and deceased estate handouts require me to pay for clearance or other documents? Couldn't they just take it out of the prize and send me the remaining $4,999,900? 		coldot (6847)
1208205 2011-06-12 08:07:00 I am bloody fed up with Spam, I get about 60 spam e-mails a day, some 40 from a "Canadian on-line Pharmacy" espousing the benefits of Viagra, Cialis, Levitra etc etc, and never a day goes by that I have not won some on line Lottery, without buying a ticket, let alone communications from the FBI, UN, and various inrtnational banks offering me the contents of deceased persons bank account. KenESmith (6287)
1208206 2011-06-12 15:11:00 I used to get a truckload, but after McColo got raided I saw a huge drop in my spam levels. They have stayed that way ever since. Agent_24 (57)
1208207 2011-06-12 22:57:00 The best thing that us and the media can do about it is to warn people away from scams. There is plenty of media publicity about scams but gullible people unfortunately still fall for them.

She thought that was a bit strange so spoke to her daughter, who told her it was probably a scam. Despite this, the woman went to her bank and got an application for a bank loan.

Even she didn't apply it at the end, she was warned and still went to the bank for loan application... 		SKT174 (1319)
1208208 2011-06-13 00:00:00 I am bloody fed up with Spam, I get about 60 spam e-mails a day, some 40 from a "Canadian on-line Pharmacy" espousing the benefits of Viagra, Cialis, Levitra etc etc, and never a day goes by that I have not won some on line Lottery, without buying a ticket, let alone communications from the FBI, UN, and various inrtnational banks offering me the contents of deceased persons bank account.

Change your email address fixes that.....for a while 		Gobe1 (6290)
1208209 2011-06-13 00:28:00 Funny thing though - why is it that all these prizes and deceased estate handouts require me to pay for clearance or other documents? Couldn't they just take it out of the prize and send me the remaining $4,999,900?

I've always thought that too.

Funny coz my nana rings me up, she's down south a few hours, says to me "I just got this txt message on my phone telling me I've won a few hundred thousand pounds in a Readers Digest Sweepstakes, and to email this confirmation number back to an address."
Me: "Sorry, it's a scam"
Nan: "Are you sure?"
Me: "Yes"
Nan: "How do you know? It's a lot of money to pass up?"
Me: "Do you subscribe to readers digest?"
Nan: "Well, no, but..."
Me: "Well that's clue #1. Second of all, they've supposedly got your cellphone number, so they know who you are, why would they want you to further verify your identity by emailing them back? Why not just send you the money?"
Nan: "I dunno, it could just be a security thing?"
Me: "Potentially, but I doubt it. Let me tell you what would happen. You email them back, and instantly you're now on a million spam lists. They then email you back and ask you to confirm your bank account number by transferring them a sum of money, anywhere from $40 to $40,000, depending on how lucky they feel on the day. You transfer the money, then never see it again."
Nan: "Oh ... But are you sure?"

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Anyway, here's the funny thing:
NZHerald ran an article recently about the copyright laws and how they were targeted at the "pro pirate" who does it for a living, and how regular NZ'ers have nothing to worry about (Edit: Found it here www.nzherald.co.nz ).
I say "No!", it's aimed at the casual user who might just try their luck and take a chance, coz the "pro" ones know how to cover their tracks.

Funny coz NZHerald (Granted its another of their journalists this time around) state that most of the time the culprits behind these scams don't get caught. Yet, they seem to think that pirates will?

I love journalist logic, it fails so much! :p 		Chilling_Silence (9)
1208210 2011-06-13 01:12:00 Nan: "Are you sure?"

Nan: "Well, no, but . . . "

Nan: "Oh . . . But are you sure?"



makes you want to scream doesn't it . 		pctek (84)
1208211 2011-06-13 02:16:00 Some people just thick/greedy.

Probably more greedy and just thick enough not to notice. 		Agent_24 (57)
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