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Thread ID: 96673 2009-01-18 23:12:00 If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. bob_doe_nz (92) PC World Chat
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740149 2009-01-18 23:12:00 Someone actually fell for those Nigerian Scams. (www.windsorstar.com) :xmouth:

Out by $150,000
bob_doe_nz (92)
740150 2009-01-18 23:29:00 Ouch. :waughh: pcuser42 (130)
740151 2009-01-19 00:35:00 I don't understand why all these scams are being masterminded by Nigerians only though?? qazwsxokmijn (102)
740152 2009-01-19 00:54:00 I don't understand why all these scams are being masterminded by Nigerians only though??

PF1 should get in on the money ;)
jwil1 (65)
740153 2009-01-19 00:56:00 What I can't understand is how anybody still fall for it. I mean we all know that poor Svetlana or what her name is is the real thing, but the other scams - how the %^&* do people still fall for it?

sarel
sarel (2490)
740154 2009-01-19 00:58:00 What I can't understand is how anybody still fall for it. I mean we all know that poor Svetlana or what her name is is the real thing, but the other scams - how the %^&* do people still fall for it?

sarel
Greed I guess. It sure is a blindfold in this guy's case.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
740155 2009-01-19 01:56:00 Greed I guess.

X2 ... The momen they hear $millions of dollars all they think about is what car they are going to buy and how big their house is gona be. What happened to the good old ways of "hard work" .. it may not pay you in millions but you dont end up losing $150k and look like an idiot.
ronyville (10611)
740156 2009-01-19 02:02:00 X2 .. . The momen they hear $millions of dollars all they think about is what car they are going to buy and how big their house is gona be. What happened to the good old ways of "hard work" .. it may not pay you in millions but you dont end up losing $150k and look like an idiot.

Yep. Anyone who falls for that kind of thing in this day and age is a complete and utter muppet and shouldn't be allowed near a computer.
wratterus (105)
740157 2009-01-19 05:02:00 Alas, my sympathy gland appears to be stuck on chortle.

He may have thrown his (and his relatives) dough, but he has made a lot of people smile. (Not counting the scammers).
R2x1 (4628)
740158 2009-01-19 06:53:00 X2 .. . The momen they hear $millions of dollars all they think about is what car they are going to buy and how big their house is gona be. What happened to the good old ways of "hard work" .. it may not pay you in millions but you dont end up losing $150k and look like an idiot.

Hang on a minute mate .. .. .. .. ..
What about Provincial and BridgeCorp and St Laurence and Hanover and .. .. .
TideMan (4279)
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