Wow

[yendi]

Someone actually fell for the Nigerian bank scam.

Fell hard, in fact.

Comments

[hughcasey.livejournal.com]

We had a client here who fell for it badly. He lost even more.

The only reason the scam keeps going is because IT WORKS. There are a LOT of people who fall for it each year, and they tend to drop a BUNDLE when they do.

Sad, really.

[28bytes.livejournal.com]

Wow indeed.

Didn't some County Treasurer get suckered into this too?

[jesshartley.livejournal.com]

Sweet Home is "the little town next door" from Lebanon, where I grew up. Kinda funny. I half-expected to recognize this gal.

[crystalsage.livejournal.com]

wow.

Janella Spears doesn’t think she’s a sucker or an easy mark.

Obviously, she's wrong.

[kellirose1313.livejournal.com]

My favorite part is where is says that despite warnings from bank, police and the FBI she kept giving them money anyway still expecting the large funds

[eh-notsomuch.livejournal.com]

Some guy in Prague actually murdered the Nigerian consul to that country (http://www.africamasterweb.com/AdSense/Nigeria419VictimGets8yrsConsul.html) while trying to get back money he lost to a scam. This is srs business, yo.

[grntserendipity.livejournal.com]

I knew someone at the college I was previously at who lost money...twice.

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

Throw enough rocks, I guess SOMEONE will get hit. I mean, if you really send out thousands upon thousands upon thousands of e-mails, you gotta get ONE sucker, right?