[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1vW9cIlnVI"]Woman Loses 400000 to Nigerian Scam - YouTube[/ame]
Is this for real?
Is this for real?
Woman Loses 400000 to Nigerian Scam
- Thread starter Ibanez | Jan
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I'm curious how, on one hand she got outsmarted by Nigerians, yet on the other hand had managed to accumulate $400k.
Unfortunately these scams are working.
For most of us, we can spot them a mile away. But the less Internet/scam savvy can fall for this shit.
It's crazy how some people just read words in an email, believe them and hand over cash. Seriously stupid.
For most of us, we can spot them a mile away. But the less Internet/scam savvy can fall for this shit.
It's crazy how some people just read words in an email, believe them and hand over cash. Seriously stupid.
She drained her husbands retirement fund, used her salary, borrowed on their home and car to pay the scammers. The FBI, her bank and local authorities told her she was being scammed and she still continued to give the scammers money.
Seriously, how fucking stupid can you be. I'm pissed off just watching the video. I don't know how her husband can even look at her after that, I'd devorce her.
No man. This doesn't have anything to do with internet or scam savy. My mother is a moron and has never used a computer in her life. She would straight tell these shit skins to go pound sand. There is a SERIOUS lack of common sense going on here.
Even more scary is this bitch is a nurse. It's a wonder the dumb cunt hasn't accidentally injected air into someones veins while taking blood or giving a shot.
What a fucking embarrassment.
He's deaf and depends on her. Poor bastard is trapped in her insanity.
This is so pathetic that I literally haz a sad.
Someone should hook her up with 419eater, get her some revenge.
A person doesn't necessarily have to have a low IQ to fall for these scams. People have been running 419 scams since before the internet; the ones who put the scams together are targeting people with a certain psychological profile. With the women, you will see a lot of older caregiver types, and the men may also be older, with some type of physical disability.
Once they get hooked into it for a few bucks, they already know subconsciously it is a scam, but force themselves to believe the scammers as a coping mechanism. That's why they are so difficult to convince it is a scam until they are financially wrecked and can no longer make their own choices.
Ironically, baiting the scammers uses many of the same psychological triggers that are used on the marks.
Once they get hooked into it for a few bucks, they already know subconsciously it is a scam, but force themselves to believe the scammers as a coping mechanism. That's why they are so difficult to convince it is a scam until they are financially wrecked and can no longer make their own choices.
Ironically, baiting the scammers uses many of the same psychological triggers that are used on the marks.
I see this shit, and it makes me EXTREMELY disappointed in myself for the online earnings I receive.
/suicide
/suicide
I read somewhere something that went like this:
"The modern age has given a renaisance to scammers. Before, the number of marks were limited. Most people didn't have an education, and they are protected by common sense. The rich are protected for the most part by extensive education. It is the half educated that are easy prey. They have abandoned common sense for the 'magic' of science, yet don't understand that which they are abandoning their common sense for. These half educated are now predominant in society."
I didn't say it was well as it was written, and I can't remember where I read it.
"The modern age has given a renaisance to scammers. Before, the number of marks were limited. Most people didn't have an education, and they are protected by common sense. The rich are protected for the most part by extensive education. It is the half educated that are easy prey. They have abandoned common sense for the 'magic' of science, yet don't understand that which they are abandoning their common sense for. These half educated are now predominant in society."
I didn't say it was well as it was written, and I can't remember where I read it.
Can anyone recommend any books on international banking, ie: how these people are able to get away with it so easily? That's what has always confused the hell out of me. If you wire money to a Nigerian bank, is there simply no recourse? Are they cashing it out immediately and using fake accounts? I don't get it.
When I was in India I saw on the news a story about land grabbing. In short this meant that someone was getting a bank wire for a few million $ as payment for property they did not own. And then they would just wire the money to a bank account in switzerland and apparently that's the fucking end of it. Case closed. Game over. How is this possible in 2012? If the Indian government says they have proof of fraud/crime does switzerland literally just say, "Fuck off"?
I'd love to learn more about this.
When I was in India I saw on the news a story about land grabbing. In short this meant that someone was getting a bank wire for a few million $ as payment for property they did not own. And then they would just wire the money to a bank account in switzerland and apparently that's the fucking end of it. Case closed. Game over. How is this possible in 2012? If the Indian government says they have proof of fraud/crime does switzerland literally just say, "Fuck off"?
I'd love to learn more about this.
Most of their money comes via Western Union or Moneygram, and not through any real banks over there. The guy picking up the money is rarely the guy who ends up with it. There is a hierarchy, just like dope dealers. And there are really no grounds (that they give a shit to enforce) for them to arrest someone for picking up money they are authorized to receive.
Another scam that has been happening more recently is forged cashier's checks. Over something like craigslist, they will respond to ads where people are selling appliances. There will be a very quick "yes, I want to buy it, take the listing down."
No haggling over the price is a dead giveaway. They will send the check, and when you see it, it will be for an amount greater than what the asking price is. They wait for you to reply, and ask about the extra amount. Then, they will give you something about their shipping company crapped out on them, use some of the extra to arrange for shipping, and send the rest back to him via Western Union.
So you go to your bank, deposit the check, and prepare to ship your goods. This is where they may either back out on the deal, or give you the runaround about shipping again. They will want you to ship it to some port, and their guy will take it from there. They will give you a Western Union number to send the money, and tell you to go ahead and send it.
A week or 2 later, your washing machine is sitting abandoned at some port, and 2 guys in a black SUV show up at your door. They have discovered the forged check, and you are responsible to repay the entire amount...
If you go to somewhere like 419eater, there are a lot of correspondences that have been posted- some of the people there will take it to the extreme, but you get a good look at how the scammers operate.
I got a trickster email at a place I used to work at. The guy wanted to buy computers. Of course, we didn't sell laptops. But I told him we sold them anyway. He emailed some stolen credit card numbers. Long story short, I told him I was traveling to Germany with a stopover in Lagos. I would be meeting my cousin Beavis there but could meet the trickster with the laptops.
I found an actual flight online to Lagos and sent him the flight info. I told him I would be wearing a bright green shirt with a Snoopy cap. The flight arrived April Fools Day. The next day he emails me, "You a basterd!"
I found an actual flight online to Lagos and sent him the flight info. I told him I would be wearing a bright green shirt with a Snoopy cap. The flight arrived April Fools Day. The next day he emails me, "You a basterd!"
Nigerian: please send money to fbi_investigates@yahoo.com
Lady: Why you no send real domain?
Nigerian: my computer has worm
Lady: sounds legit
Lady: Why you no send real domain?
Nigerian: my computer has worm
Lady: sounds legit
Luckily she's a beautiful woman and will be able to reproduce her little fortune thanks to the charm she poses.