Comments | taranos: Fun with Spam

taranos

Fun with Spam

Apr 28, 2006 13:41

Well, just got a piece of Spam in my Inbox. Nothing particularly odd about that. It was even something we have all seen from time to time: the Nigerian scam. But this one was a little different. It was.... in French! Yes, someone (or some bot) out there decided that not only did I need to once again get a laugh out of people trying to bilk me out ( Read more... )

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avilina April 28 2006, 14:06:33 UTC

...of course now that you tell us you can't post, we see your post...

taranos April 28 2006, 14:52:50 UTC

Yep. I saved a copy of my post until the servers started letting me post again and then posted the message along with the comment about being unable to post.

SCAMS nikaia_tirsgi April 28 2006, 15:36:06 UTC

yep, got that one in my box today too.
I just forward them to 419.fcd@usss.treas.gov
with NO FINANCIAL LOSS in the subject line in front of the original subject.
Geez....someone out there thinks that some people are desperately poor souls
and therefore extremely gullible to fall for such a scam. I almost feel bad
for those that fall for such scams.
Like the saying goes.... if it's sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.

Re: SCAMS taranos April 28 2006, 15:43:33 UTC

Thanks for the email address. I knew there were places to report these things, but never took the time to find out where (just deleted the emails). What is really sad about people falling for it is this is a scam that has been going on for decades and people still fall for it.