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S/O Beggars, Moochers and Scammers
Girlie:
I am SOOOO excited! Now it's MY turn to be rich!
I got an email this morning from a guy with a very official title out of Australia trying to help his poor (erm...rich) friend in Nigeria transfer some money.
'Cause I'm sure if there was some "Nigerian Prince" scam, I'd have heard about it by now, right? >:D
blue2000:
--- Quote from: Girlie on March 29, 2013, 09:08:02 AM ---I am SOOOO excited! Now it's MY turn to be rich!
I got an email this morning from a guy with a very official title out of Australia trying to help his poor (erm...rich) friend in Nigeria transfer some money.
'Cause I'm sure if there was some "Nigerian Prince" scam, I'd have heard about it by now, right? >:D
--- End quote ---
You know, if there are any Nigerian princes or officials that actually need help, they are going to have a heck of a time convincing people...
"Hey, it's me! Gerry! I need to borrow the keys to your private plane! Leave them under the box by the hedge, so no one can see me. I have to get out of the country FAST. I'll totally pay you back when I get out!"
"Oh, come on. This scam is such old news. I'm not giving you a plane."
"Buddy, it's ME. GERRY. You know me!"
"Look. Dude. I don't know who you are, but I'm not falling for this." <click>
(next day)
"Foreign Affairs Minister Gerald Mgumbo Executed By Rebel Troops. Well , what do you know. It WAS Gerry. Oops."
LazyDaisy:
I think the scammers are on to us. They know we know about the "Nigerians" so now they have to choose other countries to be from. My coworker just got the typical "Nigerian" scam email but this poor gentleman says he's from Togo. After all, we know that Nigerians can't be trusted, but the Togolese are fine right? ::)
Miss Tickle:
The call display showed a strange "number" last night (station 111). Lucky for us DH answered, because it was Microsoft calling to let us know our windows computer was infected! Since DH doesn't "do" computers he handed me the phone with such a serious expression I was worried something had happened to someone. I had to show him this thread (in between bouts of gleeful laughing - it's my first scam call!) before he calmed down. I admit I wasn't polite to the scammers. I started laughing so hard I couldn't get a word out, so I just hung up.
Oh, and the Nigerian Princes have gone democratic and are now faxing us from the President's office in Ghana.
Miss March:
My DH got a call last night from a head hunting agency claiming that he had filled out a survey asking them to contact him. He told them that he knew that he had not done that, and the caller then said something hurried about how "Even if you didn't request our services, we can still be of great help to you..." DH said no thanks, not interested and hung up.
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