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Outrageous Scams: Woman lost $400,000 - Page 2

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Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
November 20 2008 08:16 GMT
#21
On November 20 2008 17:11 cgrinker wrote:
Show nested quote +
Not everyone can be Admiral Ackbar.


Lol What?


ITS A TRAP ITS A TRAP ITS A TRAP
Watch me fail at Paradox: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=397564
Zidane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States1691 Posts
November 20 2008 08:38 GMT
#22
On November 20 2008 15:44 Mikilatov wrote:
haha, okay here's a funny one that happened to a relative of a friend of mine...

They woke up one day and their grill was stolen. They didn't do anything about it, and the next day someone CAME BACK with their grill, and said, "I'm so sorry, I live down the road and our grill broke and we were having a party for our daughter and some of her friends came and took it" So the person gave them tickets to a local baseball game as 'compensation' for the fact that their daughter's friends temporarily 'stole' their grill.

While they were at the baseball game the people came and ransacked the entire place, stealing prettymuch everything.


Wow son, that is fucking owned GG no re lmfao.
BanZu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3329 Posts
November 20 2008 08:46 GMT
#23
On November 20 2008 14:46 MetalMarine wrote:
Bitch deserves to lose that money if she is that stupid

Yea but you gotta feel sorry for her family.
Sun Tzu once said, "Defiler becomes useless at the presences of a vessel."
PePe QuiCoSE
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Argentina1204 Posts
November 20 2008 12:49 GMT
#24
On November 20 2008 17:10 waterGHOSTCLAWdragon wrote:
Nigeria must have lax banks or something, so that they can scam pretty much everyone on earth.

Or maybe they just have isp's that allow a lot of spam. Either one.

Yeah, that's it. It's not encouraged but there is nothing there to prevent people getting scammed or help them when they are scammed. I don't think it's about laws but just pure corruption.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
November 20 2008 12:57 GMT
#25
On November 20 2008 17:38 Zidane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 20 2008 15:44 Mikilatov wrote:
haha, okay here's a funny one that happened to a relative of a friend of mine...

They woke up one day and their grill was stolen. They didn't do anything about it, and the next day someone CAME BACK with their grill, and said, "I'm so sorry, I live down the road and our grill broke and we were having a party for our daughter and some of her friends came and took it" So the person gave them tickets to a local baseball game as 'compensation' for the fact that their daughter's friends temporarily 'stole' their grill.

While they were at the baseball game the people came and ransacked the entire place, stealing prettymuch everything.


Wow son, that is fucking owned GG no re lmfao.

That is so evil! This is why you've gotta have trained attack dogs in your house... It's not technically a booby trap, so it's legal right? Just put a "Beware of Dogs" sign up.
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
lesser_good
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Canada698 Posts
November 20 2008 13:07 GMT
#26
On November 20 2008 15:44 Mikilatov wrote:
haha, okay here's a funny one that happened to a relative of a friend of mine...

They woke up one day and their grill was stolen. They didn't do anything about it, and the next day someone CAME BACK with their grill, and said, "I'm so sorry, I live down the road and our grill broke and we were having a party for our daughter and some of her friends came and took it" So the person gave them tickets to a local baseball game as 'compensation' for the fact that their daughter's friends temporarily 'stole' their grill.

While they were at the baseball game the people came and ransacked the entire place, stealing prettymuch everything.



lol thats a pretty famous urban legend
pew pew
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32148 Posts
November 20 2008 13:37 GMT
#27
Try as I might, I can never feel sorry for people who are this stupid.
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BlasiuS
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States2405 Posts
November 20 2008 20:10 GMT
#28
On November 20 2008 17:11 cgrinker wrote:
Show nested quote +
Not everyone can be Admiral Ackbar.


Lol What?


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next week on Everybody Loves HypnoToad:
stk01001
Profile Joined September 2007
United States786 Posts
November 20 2008 23:44 GMT
#29
I can just imagine the scammers getting the 400k and being like "Holy shit I can't belive that actually worked!!" man they really fucking made out....
a.k.a reLapSe ---
QuietIdiot
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
7004 Posts
November 20 2008 23:47 GMT
#30
Mentally ill.
No way....just no fucking way is someone that retarded. I refuse to believe it.
b3h47pte
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States1317 Posts
November 20 2008 23:47 GMT
#31
can't believe that scam actually worked...that's just ridiculous.
relative in NIGERIA? lmfao
ilovehnk
Profile Joined October 2008
475 Posts
November 20 2008 23:49 GMT
#32
lol nigerian scammers every where, on ebay especially....
Hikou Shinketsushuu
Glider
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States1353 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-21 00:38:13
November 21 2008 00:37 GMT
#33
can someone tell me how she came in possession of 400k in the first place? inheritance? married rich? loans? decades of savings?
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
November 21 2008 00:54 GMT
#34
On November 21 2008 09:37 Glider wrote:
can someone tell me how she came in possession of 400k in the first place? inheritance? married rich? loans? decades of savings?

Would have to be inheritance or loans for sure. Or dead husband. I dunno. Unfortunately richness isn't restricted to the intelligent. Take Paris Hilton for example.
Oh no
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
November 21 2008 01:00 GMT
#35
Someone that blinded by greed doesn't deserve 400k anyway, she sounds like the same kind of person who would buy a lottery ticket.

There's no such thing as free money.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32148 Posts
November 21 2008 01:38 GMT
#36
On November 21 2008 10:00 Frits wrote:
Someone that blinded by greed doesn't deserve 400k anyway, she sounds like the same kind of person who would buy a lottery ticket.

There's no such thing as free money.


What's wrong with lottery tickets? o.O
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Straylight
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada706 Posts
November 21 2008 01:46 GMT
#37
What's just as bad was that news segment.

"MOST OUTRAGEOUS." Capital red letters, spinning. Some retarded news anchors.

How the fuck is this news?
It felt like gravity.
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
November 21 2008 02:12 GMT
#38
On November 21 2008 10:38 Hawk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 21 2008 10:00 Frits wrote:
Someone that blinded by greed doesn't deserve 400k anyway, she sounds like the same kind of person who would buy a lottery ticket.

There's no such thing as free money.


What's wrong with lottery tickets? o.O


It's a stupid waste of money, I just cant understand how anyone with even the slightest concept of math can buy one.
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
November 21 2008 02:34 GMT
#39
The stupid woman got what she deserved. The FBI told her it was a scam and she kept sending them money for a period of 2 years. You cant even call it a scam in my opinion. She knew what she was doing. She willfully gave them money when she knew it was for a fake reason.
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
November 21 2008 02:36 GMT
#40
On November 21 2008 09:37 Glider wrote:
can someone tell me how she came in possession of 400k in the first place? inheritance? married rich? loans? decades of savings?

She got the money from her house. She took out loans on her already paid for house. Anyone who owns a house for a long enough period of time has that kind of money.
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