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Unbelievable! Someone actually falls for the Nigerian email scam, loses everything.

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I'm a CPA and have received lots of these over the past few years. I've forwarded them to the FBI, who apparently does nothing and is content to stand around watching our elderly get ripped off by these Nigerians. Oh well, when the elderly have been ripped off and are destitute you and I can pay for their medical care and other expenses🙁
 
See what greed gets you...

Originally posted by: Fern
I'm a CPA and have received lots of these over the past few years. I've forwarded them to the FBI, who apparently does nothing and is content to stand around watching our elderly get ripped off by these Nigerians. Oh well, when the elderly have been ripped off and are destitute you and I can pay for their medical care and other expenses🙁
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I don't think there's much the FBI can do, seeing as how the offenders are in Nigeria.
 
Originally posted by: Fern
I'm a CPA and have received lots of these over the past few years. I've forwarded them to the FBI, who apparently does nothing and is content to stand around watching our elderly get ripped off by these Nigerians. Oh well, when the elderly have been ripped off and are destitute you and I can pay for their medical care and other expenses🙁
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IMO the victims of fraud are usually more guilty than the con artists.
By virtue of his own greed, this guy bought into the scam; hook, line, and sinker. I feel no sympathy, and see little reason why our tax dollars should be wasted to protect these greedy fools from themselves, or to take care of them after they are ruined for that matter. The news is out there, everyone knows about this scam, and it is most certainly too good to be true. IMO that is good enough.
Look at the "victim" here... he has conclusive evidence that he was scammed, and STILL he refuses to believe it. Maybe it ain't just a river in Egypt, but he had a relatively decent retirement, something to take he and his wife modestly through their golden years and now, because of his greed, he has nothing. I find it impossible to see him as a victim. His wife maybe (although she may have been in on it too), but not him.
 
Originally posted by: Vic

IMO the victims of fraud are usually more guilty than the con artists.
By virtue of his own greed, this guy bought into the scam; hook, line, and sinker. I feel no sympathy, and see little reason why our tax dollars should be wasted to protect these greedy fools from themselves, or to take care of them after they are ruined for that matter. The news is out there, everyone knows about this scam, and it is most certainly too good to be true. IMO that is good enough.
Look at the "victim" here... he has conclusive evidence that he was scammed, and STILL he refuses to believe it. Maybe it ain't just a river in Egypt, but he had a relatively decent retirement, something to take he and his wife modestly through their golden years and now, because of his greed, he has nothing. I find it impossible to see him as a victim. His wife maybe (although she may have been in on it too), but not him.
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Uh... thats like saying a rape victim is responsible because he/she dressed and acted like they wanted it.
 
Originally posted by: dexvx
Originally posted by: Vic

IMO the victims of fraud are usually more guilty than the con artists.
By virtue of his own greed, this guy bought into the scam; hook, line, and sinker. I feel no sympathy, and see little reason why our tax dollars should be wasted to protect these greedy fools from themselves, or to take care of them after they are ruined for that matter. The news is out there, everyone knows about this scam, and it is most certainly too good to be true. IMO that is good enough.
Look at the "victim" here... he has conclusive evidence that he was scammed, and STILL he refuses to believe it. Maybe it ain't just a river in Egypt, but he had a relatively decent retirement, something to take he and his wife modestly through their golden years and now, because of his greed, he has nothing. I find it impossible to see him as a victim. His wife maybe (although she may have been in on it too), but not him.
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Uh... thats like saying a rape victim is responsible because he/she dressed and acted like they wanted it.
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Completely incorrect. Who forced the scam upon him?
 
Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: Mucho
"You can't cheat an honest man" P.T. Barnum
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"nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public"

Also by P.T. Barnum
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It is unfortuniate that is true. Here is the quote that really shocked the heck out of me.
They earned his confidence, saying in one e-mail, "God has brought us together as brothers."

That message hit home.

"I think the Lord uses people to do his work," Sessions said. "With that money, we'd be comfortable, and we could do some good things."
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Jeez....come on. I don't want to start a religious debate, but that is crazy.

 
First of all, how could something like this NOT sound illegal. Also I'm 18 years old and I've heard of this scam many times and have recieved the e-mail a few times also. Thirdly, how many scams are about spending money to get money? I would think it's pretty obvious. Some people really do have to learn. I don't feel sorry for the guy because getting that much money out of nigeria, even if was real, would probably be highly illegal and cause even more problems to nigeria. They already have enough trouble with rich people there taking all the money.
 
What a moron. I feel no sympathy, especially since he still thinks he was not scammed. i feel bad for his wife though.
 
Originally posted by: dexvx
Originally posted by: Vic

IMO the victims of fraud are usually more guilty than the con artists.
By virtue of his own greed, this guy bought into the scam; hook, line, and sinker. I feel no sympathy, and see little reason why our tax dollars should be wasted to protect these greedy fools from themselves, or to take care of them after they are ruined for that matter. The news is out there, everyone knows about this scam, and it is most certainly too good to be true. IMO that is good enough.
Look at the "victim" here... he has conclusive evidence that he was scammed, and STILL he refuses to believe it. Maybe it ain't just a river in Egypt, but he had a relatively decent retirement, something to take he and his wife modestly through their golden years and now, because of his greed, he has nothing. I find it impossible to see him as a victim. His wife maybe (although she may have been in on it too), but not him.
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Uh... thats like saying a rape victim is responsible because he/she dressed and acted like they wanted it.
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Not at all. Rape generally involves force or (at the very least) a lack of consent.
 
Heh. That's nothing. Some 60 year old woman from Baltimore County got scammed out of $40k by 2 women that showed up saying they found a purse with $1 million in cash and a check for several million, and needed $40k to cash the check.

I do believe the police call went out somthing like this "Lady at blahblahblah blah street claims to have been scammed out of $40 thousand. 754, please respond." "754. Whiskey, tango, foxtrot, over."
 
I used to get a couple of emails a week with different variations. Since I started emailing them links to goatse and something on albinoblacksheep they have stopped bothering me.
 
Originally posted by: Nitemare
I used to get a couple of emails a week with different variations. Since I started emailing them links to goatse and something on albinoblacksheep they have stopped bothering me.
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<3

*look for way to send everything that ends up in my junk box in Thunderbird a goatse reply*
 
Originally posted by: nanyangview
sepukku is the only option left for him. I'll be his Kaishakunin
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would you stfu about the sepukku already?
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You know what would be even more hilarious? If he didn't really get scammed and is lying so that he may get some sympathy donations.

Just a thought, because I can't fathom him being THAT gullible.

And though it's been said....many times many ways....merry foolhardy xmas....to youuuu
 
Not only does the newspaper detail this gullible man's *SAD* story, they also point out that his son called police about the scam and they warned him a full year before he started liquidating his assets, etc.
The newspaper also decided to print a color photo of the man and his wife. Man s*cks to be him.
 
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