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Outrageous Scams: Woman lost $400,000

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Februarys
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Korea (South)259 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-20 05:24:07
November 20 2008 05:16 GMT
#1
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/11/19/pn.most.outrageous.email.scam.cnn

So basically, she thinks that her relative is in Nigeria and asks her for $400k. She thinks that the "relative" is going to pay her back in 20 million. The funny thing is, she wouldn't listen to her family, the bank, the FBI (who told her this is an obvious scam) and she did it anyway. She didn't listen to the FBI's recommendation that she should at least transfer the money to a traceable account. The funnier thing is supposedly she got two letters, one from the president of US and one from president of Nigeria who asked her for her help, and the letters were all misspelled and everything. lol

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The things people do for money, human greed blinds everything I guess + Show Spoiler +
Even the black reporter told her that she doesnt have a relative in Nigeria lol.


On a side note, the 2nd scam is even funnier. Plumber comes in to warn an old woman that the house is going to explode if she doesnt stand there and keep holding the flush down and goes over her house to steal $3000+. I wonder why the old lady didn't think "Hmm I hear the plumber going through the rooms in my house and I hear stuff being opened, I wonder what kind of job the plumber is doing??"

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ilovejonn
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada2548 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-20 05:21:50
November 20 2008 05:20 GMT
#2
LOL? How dumb can she be... shit.

Wait, that's pretty fucking dumb LOL! I'm guessing everyone wants a relative from Nigeria. xD
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ilistis
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States828 Posts
November 20 2008 05:20 GMT
#3
I heard of it from my cousin. What an idiot. Pretty obious that it was scam. Way to listen to your family.
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blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
November 20 2008 05:25 GMT
#4
makes you wonder what a person of that intelligence is doing with $400k
blabberrrrr
il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
November 20 2008 05:26 GMT
#5
Those Nigerian scams were so popular a while back and alot of people fell for it. I don't know what to say about the plumbers lol
Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
November 20 2008 05:28 GMT
#6
trickle down economics for the win
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Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
November 20 2008 05:29 GMT
#7
Read this on another forum

She is fucking stupid
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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
November 20 2008 05:36 GMT
#8
can someone explain to me

why nigeria
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Conquest101
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1395 Posts
November 20 2008 05:39 GMT
#9
The scammers are from Nigeria.
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
November 20 2008 05:43 GMT
#10
On November 20 2008 14:39 Conquest101 wrote:
The scammers are from Nigeria.

all of them?

man that's such a weird fad for a country

"HEY GUYS I THOUGHT OF THIS AWESOME IDEA LETS ALL PRETEND TO BE NIGERIAN ROYALTY AND OFFER MONEY IN RETURN FOR MONEY TO GET MONEY"

"FUCK YEAH LETS COLLECT SOME EMAIL ADDRESSES"
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Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
November 20 2008 05:45 GMT
#11
after what she did, she deserved it
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MetalMarine
Profile Joined June 2007
United States1559 Posts
November 20 2008 05:46 GMT
#12
Bitch deserves to lose that money if she is that stupid
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7454 Posts
November 20 2008 05:51 GMT
#13
t.t I wish I just just a little less morals...
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
November 20 2008 06:05 GMT
#14
On November 20 2008 14:46 MetalMarine wrote:
Bitch deserves to lose that money if she is that stupid

If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14893 Posts
November 20 2008 06:15 GMT
#15
lawl what a moron
SpiralArchitect
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2116 Posts
November 20 2008 06:32 GMT
#16
On November 20 2008 14:20 ilovejonn wrote:
LOL? How dumb can she be... shit.

Wait, that's pretty fucking dumb LOL! I'm guessing everyone wants a relative from Nigeria. xD

I want my damn digital watch!

Thats fucked up for that lady but if the FB fucking I told her not to and that it was obviously a scam then she prolly deserves what she got.
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Mikilatov
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States3897 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-20 06:45:18
November 20 2008 06:44 GMT
#17
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 =(

edit: ALSO, what the fuck? Why are they -ALWAYS- from Nigeria? And why do they use the same damn 'prince' scam everytime? ... They need some new management or something. lol.
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Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
November 20 2008 07:38 GMT
#18
On November 20 2008 14:46 MetalMarine wrote:
Bitch deserves to lose that money if she is that stupid

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GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
November 20 2008 08:10 GMT
#19
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.

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cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-20 08:12:35
November 20 2008 08:11 GMT
#20
Not everyone can be Admiral Ackbar.


Lol What?
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?


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Zidane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States1686 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.
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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.
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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 States32054 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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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....
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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 States32054 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.
Locke.
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Israel562 Posts
November 21 2008 03:24 GMT
#41
You're all laughing at her now..

Just wait till they actually reclaim their princedom!
letsbefree
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada123 Posts
November 21 2008 05:07 GMT
#42
fucking niggers.
hehe...
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
November 21 2008 07:32 GMT
#43
On November 21 2008 14:07 letsbefree wrote:
fucking niggers.



kill yourself you worthless piece of shit
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QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32054 Posts
November 21 2008 19:04 GMT
#44
On November 21 2008 11:12 Frits wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 21 2008 10:38 Hawk wrote:
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.


I can count on one hand the amount of times I've played the lotto with my own $$ and I've won a total of about 75$. Math can suck a fat one!!

But imo, they're harmless, as long as you're not one of the assclowns who buys them daily.
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