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Geek Culture / Is it me, or are scammers dumber than their victims?

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Mr Pointless
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 05:23
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I've just got a scam email just now, and the sender claims to have got my contact details from an Ivory Coast Information Centre and wants me to send money so they can get some box blah blah blah...

Now here's the big screw-up. The sender is using Yahoo UK! MORON!

Anyone else smart enough to see stupidity like this?

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Neofish
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 05:26
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You can sign up to yahoo from any country: http://ru.yahoo.com/ for example. Another: I live in the UK and I have a .com account.

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Mr Pointless
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 05:28
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Yeah, but why not use Yahoo in that country, or the .com version?

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Newbie Brogo
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 05:32
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Famouse last words... "Oh, what are you selling?"



--From your favorite Cat Overlord
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Mr Pointless
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 05:33
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What? What was that about Brogo?

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Neofish
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 05:34
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ignore him, he likes cats

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Mr Pointless
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 05:35
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I think I will.

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Osiris
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 05:35 Edited at: 21st Feb 2005 05:35
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hey brogo be proud...



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Benjamin
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 06:16
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Its probably a faked e-mail address actually.


"Lets migrate like bricks" - Me
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Avan Madisen
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 06:20
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Q: Who is more stupid?

1) The scammer.
2) The victim.
3) None of the above, they all deserve to be shot for their own sake!

I don't suffer from insanity:

I enjoy every minute of it!
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Sol462
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 09:43
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i got accepted into the "National Honor Roll" and my mom believes it.
she's sending my personal inofrmation off to them because i won't and i'll be harrassed by various companies until they put me six feet under. maybe even after that. i guess i'll be intercepting something soon.

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TravisP
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 10:32
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Well if the victim will believe the idiot scammer than the victim is more of a idiot.

Note: The above I didn't say, your just crazy.

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Arkheii
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 19:35
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I wouldn't call the victim an idiot; ignorant is more appropriate. But if they get fooled more than once then we can all laugh and point at them.


I spelled "disappointment" wrong. Pahintulutan ang di-inaasahang nakakahiyang pagkakamaling dulot ng kamangmangan. Have at you.
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Flashing Blade
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Posted: 21st Feb 2005 21:03
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Go here and see just how dumb scammers are:
http://www.419eater.com


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TKF15H
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2005 00:21
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Lol, Flashing Blade... I was just about to post a link to that site.

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