Seems legit... - Page 2

Sailor Steve · 12-02-13, 02:04 PM

I would like to announce that I have never fallen for one of these scams. Nigerians, Nicaraguans, Nepalese and New Zealanders will never get my money.

I hate those scammers so much that when our very own FBI sent me an email asking me to help catch these people, I cheerfully handed them all my money as quickly as possible. I consider it my sacred duty to support our law enforcement in every way possible to stop this sort of thing!

Tango589 · 12-02-13, 02:39 PM

^

soopaman2 · 12-02-13, 04:19 PM

Dude, they are so easily pranked.

Just buy the story, and delay, ask for silly photos, like the guy who made his scammer post a pic with a loaf of bread on his head, you can bait them for years if you are good enough, they are dumb as rocks. Esquire my ass.

419 eater will gladly host any conversations you have, I wish some ass would try this with me, I would play them like a Stradivarius.

Trolling is kinda a specialty of mine

Jimbuna · 12-02-13, 04:48 PM

I would never have realised

Father Goose · 12-02-13, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tango589

Is anyone else being plagued by these or is it just me on AOL being singled out?

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Originally Posted by Tango589

Senior citizen? The cheek of it, I'm only 32! Ok, some days I might feel like a wreck, but i'm still not that old...

Sorry dude!

I'll have to fall back to "it's just you on AOL being singled out".

Tango589 · 12-03-13, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Father Goose

Sorry dude!

I'll have to fall back to "it's just you on AOL being singled out".

No probs, I'm very hard to offend!

Fortunately all these emails land in my spam inbox, so I can just sit down and laugh at them at my leisure.

Aktungbby · 12-04-13, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tango589

No probs, I'm very hard to offend!
Fortunately all these emails land in my spam inbox, so I can just sit down and laugh at them at my leisure.

All the better with a Hamm's; whether yer hard or not!

stoppro · 12-04-13, 01:11 PM

I get these hispanics with heavy accents saying they are from mircosoft saying something is wrong with my OS and they want me to turn on my computer and get access to 'fix' it. sure I get these about once every two months. Sounds like they are calling from a large boiler room lots of talk in the background.I don't know how anyone can fall for this.I can barely make out what they are saying. but I guess some do.

Jimbuna · 12-04-13, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by stoppro

I get these hispanics with heavy accents saying they are from mircosoft saying something is wrong with my OS and they want me to turn on my computer and get access to 'fix' it. sure I get these about once every two months. Sounds like they are calling from a large boiler room lots of talk in the background.I don't know how anyone can fall for this.I can barely make out what they are saying. but I guess some do.

We also get that here in the UK...someone must be falling for it to make it worth their while.

Platapus · 12-04-13, 06:20 PM

It is amazing that people do fall for these stories.

Datapoint

A few years ago, The Frau was working at a computer security company. This company's business was educating other businesses on safe computer/E-mail practices and in the designing of more secure networks.

Back when the "I love you" virus came out, her company's E-mail was computerized. Evidently, many (not just several) of the employees of this computer security company, opened up the virus E-mail.

The Frau was livid. How can people who work for a computer security company, whose business areas is keeping businesses safe from viruses, fall for this virus attack!

It is bizarre.

Tango589 · 12-05-13, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

It is amazing that people do fall for these stories.

Datapoint

A few years ago, The Frau was working at a computer security company. This company's business was educating other businesses on safe computer/E-mail practices and in the designing of more secure networks.

Back when the "I love you" virus came out, her company's E-mail was computerized. Evidently, many (not just several) of the employees of this computer security company, opened up the virus E-mail.

The Frau was livid. How can people who work for a computer security company, whose business areas is keeping businesses safe from viruses, fall for this virus attack!

It is bizarre.

You can try and make a system fool-proof, but there are some very determined fools out there!

12-02-13, 02:04 PM	#16
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I would like to announce that I have never fallen for one of these scams. Nigerians, Nicaraguans, Nepalese and New Zealanders will never get my money. I hate those scammers so much that when our very own FBI sent me an email asking me to help catch these people, I cheerfully handed them all my money as quickly as possible. I consider it my sacred duty to support our law enforcement in every way possible to stop this sort of thing! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-02-13, 02:39 PM	#17
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	^ __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

12-02-13, 04:19 PM	#18
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Dude, they are so easily pranked. Just buy the story, and delay, ask for silly photos, like the guy who made his scammer post a pic with a loaf of bread on his head, you can bait them for years if you are good enough, they are dumb as rocks. Esquire my ass. 419 eater will gladly host any conversations you have, I wish some ass would try this with me, I would play them like a Stradivarius. Trolling is kinda a specialty of mine __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

12-02-13, 04:48 PM	#19
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,527 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I would never have realised __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-04-13, 01:11 PM	#23
stoppro Sonar Guy Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: vero beach fl Posts: 380 Downloads: 495 Uploads: 0	I get these hispanics with heavy accents saying they are from mircosoft saying something is wrong with my OS and they want me to turn on my computer and get access to 'fix' it. sure I get these about once every two months. Sounds like they are calling from a large boiler room lots of talk in the background.I don't know how anyone can fall for this.I can barely make out what they are saying. but I guess some do. __________________ win 10 64-msi-32gig cosair ddr4-ryzen9-5600evga gtx3060-corsair850watt-2-ssd 500 gig drives 1m2 1tig

12-04-13, 06:20 PM	#25
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,366 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It is amazing that people do fall for these stories. Datapoint A few years ago, The Frau was working at a computer security company. This company's business was educating other businesses on safe computer/E-mail practices and in the designing of more secure networks. Back when the "I love you" virus came out, her company's E-mail was computerized. Evidently, many (not just several) of the employees of this computer security company, opened up the virus E-mail. The Frau was livid. How can people who work for a computer security company, whose business areas is keeping businesses safe from viruses, fall for this virus attack! It is bizarre. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.