Email scam
Mary sent us an email from Wendy who fell for a scammer even though all of the signs were right there in front of her;
I have been chatting with a man online since 9/9/14. Met him on Match.com. Says he is E6 SSG in Afghanistan Stationed in Ft Hood, TX his MOS is intell and surveillace. Says he is supposed to retire next year and come to CA to start his “new” life as his wife passed away in car accident 2 years ago. He mentioned something about a box found during a peace keeping mission. Full of gold money.
I am an educated, smart woman, I am also Christian and have a very kind heart. He played on my love for Christ. And I sent him money, God I feel stupid, lots of money for this box to be delivered and something always seems to come up. He is supposed to redeploy next week or so.
Anyway searching last night I found one of his pictures matches a CAPT Lucas Mcgee who is originally from Australia. The man I’ve been talking to is SSG Henry Rooney Mcgee native of Norway raised in TX. Only child. He writes like he has heavy accent. I spoke with him on several different occasions and the accent isn’t as thick. Has a dreamy voice. I am hurt and saddened because I know it’s a fraud but trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. I also looked up the number he called me from but it wasn’t fruitful.
I am not dumb, Jesus Christ I am so hurt though!
Ladies, I say this over and over – don’t give money to a man you haven’t met face-to-face. I’m pretty sure that shipping big boxes of stolen gold is illegal. You can probably count on one finger the number of men named McGee who were born in Norway. I’m pretty sure that it’s impossible to scam an honest woman, though.
Category: Politics
Welcome to my world.
People would be surprised at how many of these kinds of emails I get in my current job- usually with hurt person on other end wanting to know what *I* can do to get their money back. One woman I spoke to on the phone kept telling me- “I love the military, I put my trust in the military…” I told her- the guy(s) who did this to you *aren’t* military.
Oy.
First rule of the Con. You can’t cheat an honest man.
First, sensitivity training for the Air Force. Now, a poor victim of her love for Christ. You are killing me today.
Ok, Ok, Ahhh, poor thing i feel so bad. That is just wrong.
Finding it a little hard to muster up some give a shit. I am not always an asshole, but when I am, at least I am genuine.
Here is my advice to the poor lady. If a veteran is using the victim card call them on their bullshit, then call me.
Just a question, wouldn’t the cost of mailing gold from Afghanistan make the profit margin of the gold less than desirable? Seems that the 45¢/ounce would make gold awfully expensive to import.
Not to mention the worker’s comp claims from the guys and gals at UPS or FedEx or the USPS.
Here is some free accounting advice for all of you holding gold found during a deployment. First, send the gold to Ukraine. In the city of Zaporozhye there is an Island in the middle of the river there. On this Island there are people called Cossacks. Give it to them. Only give gold to the male Cossacks, the woman are known assassins and probably loyal to Putin. The men are only loyal to whoever pays them. Instruct them to by Ukrainian currency as quickly as possible. The exchange rate for their currency is about 23 to 1 right now. Do not mail the money anywhere. You will need several large trucks to haul it out of the country. If you have more than say a few thousand dollars worth of gold to exchange you will probably have to use the railway instead because of it bulk. Do not worry, your money is safe. Nobody wants anything to do with Ukrainian money right now. Have it shipped to Poland. Avoid France because you know how they can be. Label the shipment as ‘Folk Art’ because you are close to the truth. Now, pay the Cossacks to run an add in the Russian papers proclaiming a peace deal has been reached and Russian forces will withdraw. Dont worry, they will print anything for a little money. The exchange rate will drop to about 6 to one in dollars. Buy Euro’s instead. This is important because the Attorney we have hired to take care of this transaction is in Switzerland or some place like that. We used to be able to send coded messages to him on this site via Facebook but we are experiencing technical difficulties at the moment. He will arrange to fly the money all the way to the crash site. A cleverly disguised special forces operative will drop into the crash area to secure the money until you arrive. This money must be transported to Canada. No American really knows what a Euro is or what it is worth, trust me the Canadians do. Our special investigator with close… Read more »
Let me guess, the “specially trained Special Forces Operator” looks a lot like Brian Williams?
I saw what you did there. You were playing Six Degrees If Seven Pounds Of Cheese.
#BringElaineRicciHome
#DanielBernathIsNotAnHonoraryCPO
Can’t… Stop… Laughing….
You know… after a while, I tend to not feel sorry for these women any longer. I know I sound heartless, but really – they should know better by now.
Seriously??? Someone talks Bible to you and you reach deep into your pockets for some dough? Come on! It’s not like these scams haven’t been around for years, and unless you just haven’t had access to the Internet over the past decade, there’s just no excuse!
Yeah… I’m heartless… you can commence flaming.
No Nicki, you’re not heartless, you’re realistic, and you know that Prince Charming is only found in the Children’s section of the local bookstore.
Nicki, you’re not heartless at all.
I think I’m in love with you. 😉
OC
Oh, you’re in love with me? GREAT! So, I need $10,000 to help bring back a bag of gold I found in Afghanistan. Because I’m a vet. And in Special Forces… or something. 😉
Don’t forget, turdbath gets 20% off the top…
Well, he is, in fact, me, so all profits can go into my account.
I’m so glad you said that. I honestly am having a hard time mustering sympathy! Anyone who can’t recognize a scam by now deserves to get kicked in the labia. Hard.
I just fuck with these people nowadays. It’s kind of amusing.
I had an asshole tell me he wanted to buy my RV sight unseen and pay me $10K more than I was asking for it…
I gave him a fake paypal address and told him I would send him the $10K back to him.
I got about a hundred text messages from him before he gave up one me.
That was fun !!!
Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!
I had a similar issue. Forget what the scammer wanted to buy, but they were offering a shitload of money.
I simply copied and pasted my signature block from work in my reply.
Never heard from them again.
Ya know, I really cannot feel sorry for this woman either. I cannot understand why she would do this just because the scammer brings God into the equation.
I do not think you’re heartless, Nicki. I have less and less sympathy for someone who gets rolled out this way.
These guys know exactly which buttons to push, which words to use and how to get what they want out of anyone they think is actually stupid enough to believe that crap.
Well… so do I. Here’s my latest response to a scammer! Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:03:42 +0000 From: barryekpelambert01@yahoo.pt Subject: I REQUIRE YOUR URGENT RESPONSE Barrister Lambert Yêkpê Address: B.P. 272 Cotonou Carré No/ 48 Rue Roi Dakodonou,Benin E-Mail Id: barrlambertyekpe@outlook.com Attention Sir/Madam, Season Greetings. I know you will be very surprised to read from someone relatively unknown to you before, and I want you to know that the contents of this message is strictly confidential and for mutual benefit between you and I and nothing more. I am Barrister Lambert Yêkpê, a Solicitor. And the Personal Attorney to Late Eng.Paul Wilh , a national of your country, who used to work as the Director of Produits petroliers (TOTAL BENIN), an oil company in Benin Republic, West Africa. On Friday, 26th May 2006, my client and his entire family were involved in Benin petrol tanker explosion that caught fire as people were siphoning petrol, killing at least 54 people, including my client and his entire family as they where driving home from weekend shopping on visiting their site where people were siphoning petrol, the tanker caught fire and explode. Read more details about the tanker explosion on this website: http://allafrica.com/stories/200605260617.html, Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives and this has proved Unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts and fruitless effort, I decided to track his last name over the Internet to locate any member of his extended relatives hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the large sum of money worth of $65.5 Million United State Dollars which was left behind by my late client before his death in 2006. These huge amounts were particularly lodged with the”BANQUE ATLANTIQUE DU BENIN” where the deceased lodged the money before his demise. The Bank has issued me an ultimatum to present the next of kin/relative of the deceased or has his account confiscated and closed as unserviceable account by the Bank. Since I have made several unsuccessful attempts in locating the deceased relatives for getting… Read more »
Reminds me of some of these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7OgWcwgB50
CLASSIC!!!
😀
Awesome!
I do this with scammers when I have the time or the inclination.
“Hand …. SALUTE!”
I loved reading that. And I’m soooo sorry to read about your mixed up family life.
Well, you know… Uncle Paul got around the trailer park.
BTW – I did lead one on for WEEKS. At the end, I had him sign and fax over a contract promising to give a blowjob to a rhesus monkey.
SpewAlert™!
You are my hero
So, who else has those Iraqi dinars in large bills, waiting until the ratio improves?
Damn that IS, extending the wait.
Okay so now I KNOW I love you. 😉
That was GREAT !!
OC
Glad you like. Some people have seen this one already, but I thought I’d leave it here for your reading entertainment.
My buddy Mike is an author, and I BCCd him on my exchange with this scammer who claimed to be a lawyer for some poor American woman with AIDS who was trying to give away her kids.
Mike later put it all together on his site. See below.
http://www.michaelzwilliamson.com/politics-Scamming%20scammers..html
It’s long, so sit down and read when you have time.
OK, for whatever reason, the link is faulty, so go here:
http://www.michaelzwilliamson.com/politics.php
And click on the “scamming scammers” link.
No Nicki, you are not heartless, you live on the same planet the rest of us do, it’s called Earth.
Some of these “victims” however, …..
Texas? Chevy?
The Cheese Stands Alone.
/at least he will when he goes to the klink. I don’t think any of his DRC will leap to his rescue.
“Texas? Chevy?”
Well she did say he writes like he has an accent.
Also, Chevy can talk Christ with the best of them.
Jonn, if you remember our convo last year about this time..
Took a while to ask “that” critical question.
She kept saying they were married and had a certificate.
So, I assumed they had at least met once face to face and developed background from that.
Finally I asked so where did you meet up for the wedding?
Skype.
I suggested she might not actually be married.
It was amazing the level of subterfuge these guys use.
They would text and email at all hours, always available.
She did say looking back that they didn’t all seem like the same person.
And yes there was money involved.
Very sad.
Told her to at least file a report so someone else might be warned.
Match.com???
BWAHAAHAAHAA!!!
Throw yourself into a shark tank next time. It’s be faster and hurt less.
To be fair… I met my husband on OK Cupid. But I’m also not stupid about stuff like that. I did my research on him before ever meeting him for a drink.
And I met my current wife on Match.com. I also met a lot of whack jobs, lonely clingers, and other assorted nuts and berries. To me it was no different than meeting someone in a bar, except it was usually a Starbucks. I never trusted or gave a lot of information to any of them until I knew more about them.
And yes, I’m pretty sure about my wife now, but I’m still keeping an eye on her. lol
Yeah, the husband is suspect. 😉
I tried Match, and wasn’t as fortunate as the two of you. I should have saved the money and adopted a dog.
I did go through a whole lot of idiots before meeting my husband. But at the same time, I also met several folks who remain my friends to this day. Match sucked, but OK Cupid was pretty awesome.
I got you all beat all hollow. It was Marines with me. I have a soft spot for them, because that first… well, anyway, he claimed he was getting shipped out to Vietnam, and he had a car and he was cute and the moon was full… and he was a good kisser. So I bought him enough beer to get him plastered and listened to his bullshit and when he finally said he wasn’t actually going to ‘Nam, he was really going to the Pentagon, I had to show him the door.
It could have been good. After all, I bought the beer.
Chevy is ISO on Craigs List
I got a phone call like this last week. The caller ID simply said “California” and the area code was 209, which is south of Sacramento. The caller was a woman with a thick Punjabi accent who was happy to inform me that I had been randomly selected for a $10,000 grant by the US Government.
Now I may not be the sharpest individual, but I do know that any federal phone line will show up on caller ID with either the specific name of the agency or at least “US Government.” I also know that the Federal Government will only ever “randomly select” me for two things: airport security harassment, and a free colonoscopy by the IRS and/or BATFE.
So I stopped her right there and rather tersely said, “So you’re from the US Government? You sure don’t sound American.” I know lots of federal employees weren’t born here and talk accordingly, but I also knew that this bitch wasn’t one of them and was pissed at being targeted by scammers.
She said, “Uh, I’m sorry, sir.”
I said, “I know what you’re trying to pull. You’re not getting my money or my bank info. Don’t call me again. Go fuck yourself.”
Anybody know if there’s some place I can report the scammer’s phone number?
The easiest way to handle them is to not answer calls from numbers you don’t recognize. Roll it over to voicemail. If it’s important, they’ll leave a message –and the scammers won’t.
Best you can do is hit some of the 800 or “who’s calling me” websites and put up the number, where surprise of surprises, you’ll find a treasure trove of other similar comments under each number.
Chances are you’re running into a spoof number anyway, so by the time the FTC, et al, get around to investigating the number, they’ve moved on and picked another number to spoof and run their scam.
Basically, my rule of thumb is, if it isn’t in my contact list, it goes to voicemail, and THEN I check it out anyway.
here in Illinois, the AG actually takes these scams seriously. they have a website/hotline setup for reporting them.
it’s one of the few things they managed not to screw up.
As soon as I know it’s a scammer calling I ask, “What are you wearing right now?” In a quiet, seductive, bedroom voice. Be they male or female. They always hang up but it embarrasses my wife. So I tell her, then next time you answer and see if you can get them to hang up by just trying to talk them out of it. She still let’s me answer. 😀
I haven’t tried that. I usually just snarl at them, because they want to sell me insurance on the city water line to my house.
I should try that seductive voice instead when those telemarketers call.
I always used to lead in with a higher pitched, rapid fire “Welcome to Sam’s Chateau Erotique, home to over 37 kinks, perversions, and other pornographic miscellany, count ’em, 37; today’s special of the day is Japanese Reverse Plunger-Jumping, can I interest you in an order?”
Needless to say, when delivered like you’re an auctioneer, at a loud enough clip, they hang up really quick.
Another one is to answer with either “JOE’S FRIENDLY BAR AND GRILL, what the hell do you want?” In a gruff, gravelly tone of voice or ” Brucie’s bathhouse, entrance in the rear” and you get a nice sharp * CLICK* from the other end. I still enjoy letting them yap and pull the layoff gag!
I will say that the last base I was stationed at showed as “unavailable” in the caller ID. If I was expecting a call from the base I was forced to answer all “unavailable” calls. But if it is important they will leave a message.
My buddies and I at the previous assignment we went if it was not important we would call once and leave no message. If it was important you would immediately redial and leave a message if no one answered.
nowadays the last thing you want to do is answer; they will flag your number as having a live respondent and you will get spammed till hell freezes over. Most of the time it does no good to report the number; as they are spoofing you with a disconnected or otherwise inop number. Try calling one back sometime – it is ALWAYS disconnected or out of service.
The number is likely “spoofed”, VOIP (Voice Over IP) from India. You can plug it in at 800notes.com with details, but they aren’t targeting you directly. Welcome to the club.
Capt,
Is that really your SSN?
Just wonderin’.
MCPO, that the “real” name and soc sec number of Jason Bourne. Google the name and Soc.
That’s CLASSIFIED…
Beautiful!
have a friend who whenever he is asked to give a phone number, gives 281-867-5309
281 land? Sounds like my home town, Houston. I didn’t know that Jenny lived here.
I swear from reading things on the Internets that separating people from their money is the simplest thing on the planet. Problem for me was I tried to start my own business and do it legitimately.
I’m too honest to try to do it this way but, apparently there are thousands in countries around the world that do this time after time after time and are successful.
If they didn’t get anything from it, it wouldn’t be continued.
That being said, this is a somewhat amusing site to see folks here in the U.S. scam the scammers and make them give up some of their ill gotten booty (or as Hawkeye said “Ill Booten Gotty”…) and they definitely make these scammers give up their dignity.
http://www.419eater.com/
and
http://www.419eater.com/html/hall_of_shame.htm
I had a case when I was a cop where a guy who was into vintage cars gave $10,000 to some guy in Texas (we were in Hawaii) for a vintage truck frame SIGHT UNSEEN.
He was sure shocked when he finally seen the sight!
Dope.
Then there’s this….from 2004…a guy selling a legit Powerbook…and a scammer tries to con him….he got the last laugh….
P-p-p-p-p-owerbook!!
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/p-p-p-powerbook
ha! Well done!
Ma’am, your first clue was when he said he was an intel guy.
Can’t trust those types.
Signed,
An intel guy
MustangCryppie…Yep, nothing says f’ed up stuff going on like a guy from S-2.
😀 😀 😀
Yeah, I always thought there was something hinky about those S-2 guys.
Signed,
An N-2 guy
Doh. Winner.
Stupid is as stupid does. When I read the phrase “full of gold money”, my Bull Shit Detector went into full red alert.
I work for a company that provides classified ad processing for newspapers. The number of fraudulent dog ads is utterly amazing, as is the stupidity of the people who fall for it.
It is legitimate for a shelter, rescue or breeder to advertise, it is not legitimate to ship a dog, sight unseen, from anywhere, especially overseas. It is not legitimate to get a pure-bred English Bulldog or Yorkie for $300. The phrase “There’s a sucker born every minute” is what keeps these guys in business as is “If it seems too good to be true, it usually is”.
I’ve heard of a chap that will fly the dogs anywhere but there is the issue of gas in the plane and duct taping the dog.
Bernasty, it’s not safe to fly near the edge of the air.
Yep! Try and stay in the middle of the air, where chance interactions with inanimate objects and corn fields are less likely.
Help me out here. New to some of this this Christian stuff.
What part of the Gospels or other Scripture have to do with helping an Internet friend smuggle gold coins? I missed that chapter.
Trying very hard not to be overly judgemental here, but did this person not realize she was doing something just maybe kinda sorta… Naughty?
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have
Luke 12:33-34
Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
2 Kings 22:7
But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly.”
Exodus 22:25
“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.
Matthew 10:9
Acquire no gold nor silver nor copper for your belts.
Let’s say Christianity misapplied. She was attempting to do a kindness, and trying to be “as simple and as trusting as a child would”. Unfortunately she was being just that.
Some folks have taken the teachings of Jesus to a level that even HE would not understand. She should, however, not be condemned or held in contempt, but instead be treated with the sort of Christian charity she aspires to.
Guess I’m old fashioned. Don’t mind chatting with people on line, BUT if you ask me for money BEFORE we meet, you’re bad news.
I like to have dinner with someone, laugh a little, maybe go dancing or go see a movie. If any man asks a woman for money, they have to be real good friends or his wife. BUT NO MAN should ever ask any woman for money if they never met.
Ladies, think about this a second…if a man is asking you for money BEFORE you meet, what kind of man do you think he is???
Just sad that many many smart people fall for these scams.. NEVER NEVER send money to anyone you haven’t met face to face. Simple.
Wow, I was building up a nice reserve of sympathy until I got to the last sentence of the first paragraph.
If she had sent him money because he said his sick child needed surgery and the stupid government bureaucracy was keeping her from having it, this woman would have retained my sympathy, but the fact is, she’s just another greedy sucker who fell for a scam that only targets greedy suckers. She thought she was going to get rich.
There’s the kind of foolish, naïvely innocent credulity that these scammers often use that is hearbreaking, because someone’s trust is being betrayed.
But that’s not what this is. Buried in the true luuuuurve and the Jesus talk is cold, calculating greed. She thought she’d get a piece of that sweet stolen $$ and all the other nonsense is there to try and garner sympathy for an otherwise unsympathetic moron.
Sorry, Sweetie, you may be Christian but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better practical application of the concept of “Karma.” 😉
“I am not dumb…”
Yes, you ARE dumb.
Quit blaming your love for Jesus for what happened, too. Jesus’ love didn’t cut the check and send it overseas. YOU did.
Dummy.
This.
It seems Wendy has been telling this same story since at least November
wendy November 1, 2014, 1:22 pm
I have been chatting with a man online since 9/9/14. Met him on Match.com. Says he is E6 SSG in Afghanistan Stationed in Ft Hood,
Yada yada
http://marriedtothearmy.com/dating-a-soldier-online/
Scroll down the comments and you will see the identical email as above.
Sounds like bull shit, maybe the supposed scamee is trying to run a scam
Not to mention the Slavic lack-of-articles phrasing in her letter?
I hate people.
What I like to do to spammers and scammers (and overseas India computer service types) who call me, and won’t take a hint, is to go onto the back porch, close the door behind me, and in my best full lungs, throat tearing, high-pitched, rebel yell, SCREAM into the phone. Then hang up. Then get a congratulatory drink.
Having worked at a call center once (9 months), and having to wear those awful headsets, I can only imagine. . . . . .
I haven’t gotten any more spam/scam/foreign language calls in a loooooong time. The word must have spread.
LOL B. Woodman. I have a whistle.
http://www.amazon.com/All-Weather-Safety-Whistle-Loudest/dp/B000GKKQVC
I doubt they can use that ear for a while after they call me.
Oh, yes, the old rape whistle trick. That stops them every time. Truly. They tend to not call back.
I also like to tell them that I live XXX distance from the local police station and will be happy to give their location to the police, if they’ll just let me know where they are.
If I think it’s a scammer I’ll shut the bathroom door and yell either “BLOW ME!” or “KISS MY ASS!” as loud as I can into the phone. If it’s a “tele-pest” and I have nothing better to do, I’ll let them run all the way through their sales pitch (You can just set the phone down and pick it up every time the telepest stops talking to say ‘Yes’ and let the damn thing continue yapping) then once they’re done yapping you say “Sounds cool, but I just got laid off from work, can i borrow $50?” – *CLICK!*, and I never hear from them again!! 😀
It would appear that All-Points Logistics, run by Commander Phil Monkress, is branching out.
Cannot blame them really, especially with all of those contracts drying up.
I would love to see the IP address that this “soldier” is chatting online or emailing from.
What is this about a “heavy accent” from an “American soldier,” or a guy originally from Norway named McGee?
Something tells me the IP will be in Nigeria, Ghana, or the like, or possibly eastern Europe/Russia.
These are the hotbeds of “relationship” scams.
And some are pretty convincing.
I saved one co-worker from getting fished in by someone in Ukraine (Lughansk area, so most likely ethnic Russian. Another friend of mine in Europe was online chatting and getting sweet-nothings whispered to him from what he thought was a real pretty girl in New Orleans. He had some reservations, and I tricked “her” into a conversation via email. Turned out to be some guy in Accra, Ghana.
I heard a story about a guy from Bethesda MD, let’s just call him Paul (or Palmer) that fell for a guy in Merrit Island FL, who we can call Phil, claiming to be a Navy SEAL. Phil convinced Paul/Palmer that a bunch of people on the Internet were making fun of him, and if Paul/Palmer really loved him, he would defend Phil’s honor by launching a vendetta against a military blog. Phil even promised Paul/Palmer $40,000 a month. The money never came. Paul/Palmer was left with an empty heart and an empty wallet, and a missing area rug. Things got so bad, Paul/Palmer had to sell the door to his mailbox to a scrap dealer for a mere
pittance. Now, each day, he walks from the front door of his once majestic home, past the rusting collection of classic Yugos to the mailbox with no door, hoping against hope that today will be the day that the $40000 arrives.
#BringElaineRicciHome
#DanielBernathIsNotAnHonoraryCPO
Now that’s some funny shit…
It’s funny, because it is true.
On a completely different topic, the clock continues on the Hack Stone Death Watch. Per Paul’s emails, he finally found someone that will offer me up. He will be dispatching a hit squad shortly, once he can find someone willing to let Paul use their EZPass for a road trip up north. I hope that he doesn’t have to pay the hit squad per diem, that could really add up. Here is some free advice for Paul; if you are going to send a hit squad out to kill someone, it is not a good idea to send them an email telling them that you are coming. And if your lovely bride Karen happens to be reading this, have you contacted the life insurance agent to make sure has kept the policy up? We know that the only reason you are still a passenger on this crazy train is because one way or another, Paul is going to that county lockup in the sky. My money is on a fatal DUI.
#BringElaineRicciHome
Hey waitaminnit, Paul K. Wickre (*OOPS!*) and his fellow Dutch rudder Gang compadres have said the same about A Proud Infidel®™ too. MEH, SCREW ‘EM, time for another beer!! 😀
#EveryMailboxDeservesADoor
Hack has changed his FaceBook page photo. Check it out, you will never recognize after this extreme makeover.
#BringElaineRicciHome
Very nice. You look like the kind of guy that uses stochastics to forecast black swan events in manufatcuring.
I use a Magic 8 Ball to predict Black Friday sales at the mall.
In one of the recent emails that Paul/Palmer sent to Jonn, he claimed that I sit in my mother’s basement and masturbate while on my Dell computer. Hack Stone vehemently denies that allegation. I do not have a Dell computer.
#BringElaineRicciHome
#Daniel BernathIsNorAnHonoraryCPO
VERY COOL, Hack Stone!!! 😀
#BringElaineRicciHome
#EveryMailboxDeservesADoor
You guys should check out some of the 419 scam baiter web pages. They do to these Kenyan douches what TAH and other Stolen Valor sites do to military posers.
http://www.419eater.com/html/hall_of_shame.htm
Great website, I LAUGH MY ASS OFF every time I look there!! 😀
Lol, I’ve seen the one where they posted the audio of the one guy they strung along for a few months, and even got him to travel to some dangerous town to meet with them. All in the hopes that he was going to collect alot of money from them for some church they were allegedly building.
You mean Nigerians, Kenya is on the whole ‘nother side of that “country” they call Africa…
Unless you’ve got “Kenya” and “scam” on the brain for some reason…
Small correction to your correction… Africa is a Continent, not a country.
I was being facetious, which was the reasons for the quotes…
Nigeria “started” the whole thing back when Al Gore invented the internet but now a lot of the stuff has spread all over, Kenya, ANgola, S.Africa, as well as Nigeria, lots of Eastern European countries, not to mention entire commands of the CHinese and N.Korean armies. 😀
The last one I got claimed to be a 20 million dollar cash payout form a “brother in Christ” who’s father Prince Umfoofoo owned coffee and tea plantations.
Said Money was supposedly held in a bank in Nairobi.
It’s not just women that fall for a scam like this. Any readers that were in TF 2-2 Inf during OIF II might remember a goofy Spc (who’s name escapes me after all these years) that was the full time MWR guy from the Arty Battery. He was a soup sandwich, which is why he was dumped in the MWR. I was stuck on MWR duty with him for about a week. During one of our chats I learned that he was sending about half of his pay to some chick he had met online. Said she lived in Israel and needed the money. I almost fell over. He had never met her, let alone talked to her other than through e-mail and IMs. I knew right then why he had been dumped in the MWR for about the last half of our year over there.
Every time I see another one of these “but my guy is real – he makes me feel so happy!” – I lose a little more faith in humanity. Would a scammer be very successful if he\she DIDN’T have the ability to convince you of his\her trustworthiness?
And the mental gymnastics these scammers will go through if you try to call them out. Exactly the same moves that most of these valor thieves use.
Losing faith in humanity more and more each day…
So dude has a box full of gold but needs cash? #SeemsLegit