Actually I think Glenn Beck would make a fine President, I have no idea what you are talking about.
I almost threw up when I read this. Please, no jokes like that
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I Just won 5 million dollars!!!
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I almost threw up when I read this. Please, no jokes like that
OMG I just won 50 million dollars!!! I a rich!
OMG I have zero service on my iPhone for 57 days! 56 days was ok, but 57 days is the magic number for me.
Here is something entertaining:
Red Vs Blue, Real Life vs Internet (probably NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04JmsnwbyAo
OMG I have zero service on my iPhone for 57 days! 56 days was ok, but 57 days is the magic number for me.
Here is something entertaining:
Red Vs Blue, Real Life vs Internet (probably NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04JmsnwbyAo
That is great!!! How are you going to spend it???!?!?!?!?!?!
I'd suggest replying to Svetlana from Ukraine and asking for a date.
I'm the OP. I was born... but I wasn't born yesterday. OF course I knew right away that it is a scam. They just blast these things out to thousands of people hoping to lure one or two into the trap.
I've been on the internet since the arplanet days... then the usenet. Used to work for a large computer manufacturer. The best one was back in the early 90's... it went something like this....
Hi we represent the internet money reclaimation company and our job is to take the excess money circulating out on the internet and give it to you. The goverment actually pays us to do this! This is how it works:
You send us $25 and we'll send you $35.
You send us $50 and we'll send you $100.
You send us $100 and we'll send you $300.
Blah, blah, blah...
I sent them back (from my work email account) something like this:
Hi, why don't you guys send me 300 dollars and I'll then send you 100... or better yet, why don't you just send me $200 and we'll call it even.
xlii
Never heard back from them.
I've been on the internet since the arplanet days... then the usenet. Used to work for a large computer manufacturer. The best one was back in the early 90's... it went something like this....
Hi we represent the internet money reclaimation company and our job is to take the excess money circulating out on the internet and give it to you. The goverment actually pays us to do this! This is how it works:
You send us $25 and we'll send you $35.
You send us $50 and we'll send you $100.
You send us $100 and we'll send you $300.
Blah, blah, blah...
I sent them back (from my work email account) something like this:
Hi, why don't you guys send me 300 dollars and I'll then send you 100... or better yet, why don't you just send me $200 and we'll call it even.
xlii
Never heard back from them.
Oh dear.
The total lack of understanding in some of the responses is so much better than the original post.
I ALWAYS reply to these emails with a link to a site that is VERY frightening. It opens about 50 windows, announces "Hey everybody! I'm watching g** p***!" and shows images that even disturb me, a former troll. And no matter what you do it will constantly pop up with new pages. You can't quit it unless you're smart enough to pull the plug or reach the Task Manager, which I doubt any Nigerian can do. Keep in mind these people are using public machines...with people around them! Hahaha, imagine the looks on their faces!
So I just put in the message "I've transferred money through the intermediary you recommended, you can access all of my account information at the link provided. *Link*" Or something to that effect I love some of the viruses they send in response with 50 nigerian obscenities hahaha.
So I just put in the message "I've transferred money through the intermediary you recommended, you can access all of my account information at the link provided. *Link*" Or something to that effect
I love some of the viruses they send in response with 50 nigerian obscenities hahaha.
I ALWAYS reply to these emails with a link to a site that is VERY frightening. It opens about 50 windows, announces "Hey everybody! I'm watching g** p***!" and shows images that even disturb me, a former troll. And no matter what you do it will constantly pop up with new pages. You can't quit it unless you're smart enough to pull the plug or reach the Task Manager, which I doubt any Nigerian can do. Keep in mind these people are using public machines...with people around them! Hahaha, imagine the looks on their faces!
So I just put in the message "I've transferred money through the intermediary you recommended, you can access all of my account information at the link provided. *Link*" Or something to that effect
Rehab was it?
No, I decided it was more fun to anti-troll. I went through all the ranks and had 113 "followers" so I know the mentality of these people and I keep up to speed on all their little games
@jav6454 That image just made it in my meme's folder XD I can't stop looking at it!
@jav6454 That image just made it in my meme's folder XD I can't stop looking at it!
Yep...
The sad thing is... It does work. I used to work for a bank many moons ago, And I was surprised how often I would get some one come in who "Had a long lost relative die in **insert random country** and have had their estate worth £500,000 left to them as the sole surviving relative" They only came to the bank to ask how they could transfer £3000 or so abroad to "release the inheritance and tax fees". Even when told by myself, other staff members, the manager & HQ that is was a Scam and why... they were still insistent that it might not be!
Money can make some people think very strangely.
Right, Got to go.. I've just got to go and collect my "Free Lifetime fuel" voucher from a bloke I met in the pub.. Its only £50 Bargain!
I ALWAYS reply to these emails with a link to a site that is VERY frightening. It opens about 50 windows, announces "Hey everybody! I'm watching g** p***!" and shows images that even disturb me, a former troll. And no matter what you do it will constantly pop up with new pages. You can't quit it unless you're smart enough to pull the plug or reach the Task Manager, which I doubt any Nigerian can do. Keep in mind these people are using public machines...with people around them! Hahaha, imagine the looks on their faces!
So I just put in the message "I've transferred money through the intermediary you recommended, you can access all of my account information at the link provided. *Link*" Or something to that effect
I know this prank. Encyclopedia Dramatica has a fair share of them. I don't use them because I like to troll ye ol'e fashion way; with pics. Or the link to ED's "Kittens" page; I've sent Hello.jpeg (Goat c) before, but it aint funny any more.
Anyway, glad you enjoyed that picture. I have a fair share of them in what I call a /g/ folder. Give me a PM and I'll share some, and even some rare ones.
Unfortunately, many of these kind of e-mails are phishing scams.
In the financial institution where I work, we are frequently asked to help a customer claim a prize or inheritance. Although the OP has not yet been asked for his account number or social security number, I would bet he will be asked to give it before he gets the check. Then, when the check is received, he will be instructed to immediately wire an attorney fee, or processing fee of some amount to a party in a foreign country.
The wire out clears his account first, then the check he received for his winnings is returned "FRAUD" and then someone cleaned out his checking account (ID Theft.)
If it sounds to good to be true, IT IS!
In the financial institution where I work, we are frequently asked to help a customer claim a prize or inheritance. Although the OP has not yet been asked for his account number or social security number, I would bet he will be asked to give it before he gets the check. Then, when the check is received, he will be instructed to immediately wire an attorney fee, or processing fee of some amount to a party in a foreign country.
The wire out clears his account first, then the check he received for his winnings is returned "FRAUD" and then someone cleaned out his checking account (ID Theft.)
If it sounds to good to be true, IT IS!
I ALWAYS reply to these emails with a link to a site that is VERY frightening. It opens about 50 windows, announces "Hey everybody! I'm watching g** p***!" and shows images that even disturb me, a former troll. And no matter what you do it will constantly pop up with new pages. You can't quit it unless you're smart enough to pull the plug or reach the Task Manager, which I doubt any Nigerian can do. Keep in mind these people are using public machines...with people around them! Hahaha, imagine the looks on their faces!
So I just put in the message "I've transferred money through the intermediary you recommended, you can access all of my account information at the link provided. *Link*" Or something to that effect
PM me this link, there's certain people I need to use this on.
What I always love about these things is that no matter where in the world the supposed contact person is (in this one, China), the contact person's name is always some very plain American/English-style name. Really? Frank Wright is the China manager of the Hong Kong Casino? Yes, I know that there are Americans/English people working in China, Nigeria, and any other country...but I'd be much more inclined to believe that Hangzou Xingxang was my China contact than Frank Wright.
Well, making it sounds "too" foreign all but defeats the purpose by raising xenophobic antennae. Best to slip in under the radar. Far enough away that you can't fact-check easily, familiar enough that he might be someone you grew up with. It's as much a part of the formula as most Internet scams commenting on how everyone else is a scammer but them. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad... sad, 'cause they wouldn't do it if it didn't work.
~ CB
