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April 25th, 2003, 04:24 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
This is one of (or maybe the?) leading industries of one or more African nations - churning out scam emails to gullible westerners. No joke. Yes, people are that stupid.
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April 25th, 2003, 04:34 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
You've got to be ****ting me, people are that stupid? 
For Gods sake, how is that possible?
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April 25th, 2003, 04:40 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
Yep. I once did a bit of research on it and there are people who have gone through with it and handed over large sums of money and then left to meet the person and ended up dead.
Scams like this one are actually quite common and can potentially draw in quite abit of money for the perpetrators.
So... yes. People are that stupid.
I myself recieved such an E-mail a few years back before it was really known as a big scam and even then I thought... How stupid do these guys think I am? (It was the princess of African nation one I believe)
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April 25th, 2003, 04:51 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
Do a search at Google
+hoax +scam +Nigerian
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April 25th, 2003, 06:14 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
I read somewhere recently that Interpol estimated that on any given day there are 4 people somewhere in the world waiting in a hotel lobby for a guy from Nigeria... |
April 25th, 2003, 06:28 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
Yes, sadly, some people do lose a lot of money on this sort of scam.  |
April 25th, 2003, 08:07 AM
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Re: OT: Are People Really Dumb Enough?
You would be surprised how often police warn about these "Nigerian letters" or "Nigerian mails" in TV in Finland. For some reason, some people either do not watch TV, discuss their intentions with anyone, or simply think that it must be their chance of life...
yes, as civiliced we think of ourselves, there is always some idiots amogn us
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