Funny, but Tragic

In passing I saw a woman on Oprah who fell for this. She was crying as The Big O patted her hand, "I just wanted to help someone." What a lying piece of dumbass.

I don't have time to go into detail right now but I had an employee who fell for both a Russian and a Malaysian dating scam. He didn't pay his rent for six months (his landlord was a co-worker), divorced his wife with no explanation, had his security clearance pulled, admitted to embezzling government funds, AND confessed that he met them on cheatingwives.com. There are many many more details but we couldn't fire him, had to keep him onboard until he paid his rent, and in the end we couldn't even give him a letter of reprimand. The dummies are out there and sometimes the system enables them. Where is Darwin when you need him?
 
If only some covert government agency was secretly reading all of our emails. They could wittingly weed out the fraudulent ones and keep us safe from those unscrupulous types who could use our personal information against us and do us harm.:rolleyes:

But alas, that would be UNCONSTITUTIONAL, so it will never happen.:(
 
Kind of sad to think that there are enough people still falling for these that they remain part of life on the internet. The SCARY part me me is that it's mostly desperate old people that seem to be the ones being victimized. I'm just hoping I can hang on to my wits as long as these things are still around.

I doubt I'll live to see it in my lifetime but I have a feeling that some day the good guys will come up with the technology to eliminate scams, viruses, etc for good.
 
Lee,

Those offers are sometimes....time sensitive,

Better act quick...I did and look at me now!!!

Su Amigo,
Dave

I've already ordered the Bell Ranger and Leer Jet for making the show circuit.


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Lee, you are right. Some folks just haven't got the common sense to recognize this as a scam.

I mentioned, on a similar thread, the lawyer I investigated and prosecuted for stealing money from his clients.

He had a valid excuse, though, since he told me he had fallen victim to a Nigerian scam a few months earlier and had lost all his own money to the scammer.

So, he HAD to steal to get some money back, didn't he?

Uhh, I didn't buy it. ;)

Bob
 
I used to get a LOT of these usually from Nigeria until I broke down & replied to one. I told them that there was no need to arrange for Western Union transfer etc. as I would be in Lagos on business later that week & would meet them in person to collect my millions in the lobby of my hotel. Silence....... ;)
 
zzzippper said:
In passing I saw a woman on Oprah who fell for this. She was crying as The Big O patted her hand, "I just wanted to help someone." What a lying piece of dumbass.

I don't have time to go into detail right now but I had an employee who fell for both a Russian and a Malaysian dating scam. He didn't pay his rent for six months (his landlord was a co-worker), divorced his wife with no explanation, had his security clearance pulled, admitted to embezzling government funds, AND confessed that he met them on cheatingwives.com. There are many many more details but we couldn't fire him, had to keep him onboard until he paid his rent, and in the end we couldn't even give him a letter of reprimand. The dummies are out there and sometimes the system enables them. Where is Darwin when you need him?
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In these cases, Darwin has no choice but to bury his head in a sand dune.
 
handejector said:
Below is an email I received, one of thousands I get each year.
Most of them just annoy me by costing me a half second to recognize and delete, but this one made me laugh:
_______________________

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
MR JAMES COMEY <[email protected]>

Sent: Mon 1/13/2014 6:14 PM
To: Undisclosed recipients:
.............................................................

MR JAMES COMEY
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
Attn: Beneficiary,

Compliments of the day, I Wish to inform you that your Payment has been released and you will need to contact the payment Officer Mr. Rooney Josh with the information's as stated below. CONTACT INFORMATION NAME: Mr. Rooney Josh EMAIL: ( [email protected] ) Do contact Mr. Rooney Josh of the ATM PAYMENT CENTER with your details: FULL NAME: HOME ADDRESS: TELL: CELL:CURRENT OCCUPATION: : AGE: INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT/WORKING ID CARD.
Also please be informed that all necessary Documents has been put in place all you will have to do is to make sure you can be able to afford 105 USD for the Delivery of your Funds which is to be sent to you via an ATM SWIFT CARD using International Courier Service. We do await your response so we can move on with our Investigation and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you.

We guarantee receipt of your payment. This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American and also Asia and Europe which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared.

Thanks and hope to hear from you soon.

CALL HIM WITH THIS NUMBER +234-81 3169-2490

Regards,

MR JAMES COMEY
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
________________________

The Funny part:
Yeah, right. The Director of the FBI wants to help me collect money that I did not know I had coming. :rolleyes:
The Director of the FBI has an email address of chloe@blackgateone.com. Chloe must be his middle name. :rolleyes:
The Director of the FBI apparently does not know my name since he did not use it, and apparently can't get my address and telephone number. :rolleyes:
Judging by the grammar and phraseology, The Director of the FBI doesn't seem to have English as his native tongue. :rolleyes:
The payment officer, Mr. Rooney Josh, has a Vietnamese email address- [email protected].vn. Must be a branch office, which explains the funny phone number. :rolleyes:


The Tragic Part:
That we have so little common sense left amongst us that people actually fall for these scams with so many red flags contained in the very message itself. I'm not knocking your 95 year old grandma who thinks Truman is still President- I'm talking about functioning(?) adults.

Maybe the Gubburmint oughta do somethin to protect us! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
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Lee, that's probably just Uncle Sugar returning (with interest) the change you left on the table some years ago. Personalized service....you should be flattered, no simple "thank you for your service", no sireee.:rolleyes:
 
Just forward the email to Justin Beiber and Charlize Theron. They will appreciate it.

Charlie
 
.............................................................

MR JAMES COMEY
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

Judging by the grammar and phraseology, The Director of the FBI doesn't seem to have English as his native tongue. :rolleyes:

That alone would not make me sure he wasn't the director of the FBI. :)
 
Just wait- Mr. Comey will be sending an email next week detailing his tragic loss of all his cash, credit cards and traveler's cheques while vacationing in Istanbul. Now he and Mrs. Comey are trapped and need you to Western Union them $2,000 for air fare so that they are not declared international vagrants and thrown into Turkish prison..
 
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