| kiwi_2005 |
10-10-09 12:26 PM |
The most stupidiest couple on the Planet
Complete stupidity! How can you be stupid enough to send a stranger your life savings and in this case a million! They never even met the bast**d yet still they send him 1 million! :har:
The word Nigeria should of sent alarm bells ringing.
They believed the Nigerian man was for real and sent him $1 Million over a few months, even when police warned them they refused to believe it cause he claim he was from their church. Now they are relying on their church for finacial support! :doh:
"Police had a heck of a time convincing them they were the victims of a scam. It's unbelievable. In the end police had to send them a formal letter with very strong wording telling them what was going on."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2952...o-gave-away-1m
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A new cyber-crime police unit has started work to protect New Zealanders from increasingly sophisticated online scammers. The latest case has left a South Island couple destitute after they gave more than $1 million to Nigerian fraudsters.
Every day thousands of Kiwis use the internet to bank and shop, exposing them to potential rip-offs. Police say one of the latest trends sees online shoppers targeted by scammers frustrated that internet banking customers have wised up to their techniques.
The new unit is called NC3, or National Cyber Crime Centre, and it is three weeks old. It is headed by Detective Sergeant John van den Heuvel and by Christmas will have four staff. It is part of the police national e-crime group and should be fully operational by the end of the year.
The couple, who did not question his credentials, believed the man's story because he claimed to belong to their church.
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"There was every possible indicator there that this was a scam but they simply didn't want to believe it," a police spokesman said. He described the couple as "very, very gullible".
"Police had a heck of a time convincing them they were the victims of a scam. It's unbelievable. In the end police had to send them a formal letter with very strong wording telling them what was going on."
After the couple made several deposits into an overseas bank account, they were sent a credit card by the man as a sweetener. It was declined and when the couple questioned the man about it he told them he needed more money to activate it. It was at that point the couple became suspicious and spoke to police.
The police inquiry has been under way for about two weeks, and while they are following leads in several Third-World countries, they expect to turn up only dead ends.
The couple are now relying on members of their church for financial support.
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