04 Mar 05
Nigerian advance-fee fraud has been around for decades, but now seems to have reached epidemic proportions: Some consumers have told the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) they are receiving dozens of offers a day from supposed Nigerians politely promising big profits in exchange for help moving large sums of money out of their country.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/nigeralrt.htm
04 Mar 05
Originally posted by ChessNutIt is a shame...but I say, if you're dumb enough to fall for it, then shame on you.
I've heard that they have set-up fake Bank websites so you can 'see' the money. After you create a login and password of course.
They trip me out. Shame people are still falling for it.
04 Mar 05
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Originally posted by ChessNutThis is a TRUE story:
I've heard that they have set-up fake Bank websites so you can 'see' the money. After you create a login and password of course.
They trip me out. Shame people are still falling for it.
Last summer there was a case where a person called a woman in Fenton, Michigan and told her she had won the $1 Million Dollar Sweepstakes in Las Vegas! All she had to do was send them the taxes due on the prize money and they would send it to her.
So she got together the amount of money they said was 'taxable income' and sent it via Western Express to a person in Las Vegas. The newspaper said the exact amount, but I don't remember it, it was something like $170,000, her deceased husband's life savings. 😳
So yeah, people do stupid things. There'll always be a stupid person somewhere to do something stupid.
06 Mar 05
Originally posted by ChessNutyep, i fell into that trap, but soon enough i relised it was a scam, the buggers even phoned my house asking to pay the deposit, i went mad!! and threatened to expose them to the police and they hung up!
I've heard that they have set-up fake Bank websites so you can 'see' the money. After you create a login and password of course.
They trip me out. Shame people are still falling for it.