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2006-07-02 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Fred 2006-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm sorry, but I can't find any sympathy for the ~~idiots~~ people who fall for these scams. What the hell are they thinking (beside greed)?

"Too stupid to live" really should be a valid diagnosis.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-07-02 00:10|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2006-07-02 00:10|| Front Page Top

#2 When he found a willing victim, his anti-scam unfolded in much the same way as a typical 419 scam, promising payment only after a substantial investment had been laid down - in this case the receipt of a series of commissioned wooden carvings from a local artist.

With some creative photo editing, Shiver Metimbers was able to string along his quarry with claims that the two carvings sent had mysteriously been damaged enroute, the first through a mysterious shrinking process, and the second by a rogue African hamster.

At the end of the campaign, his booty included a wooden carving of UK characters from the Creature Comforts TV series, and a carving of a Commodore 64 computer keyboard

LOL!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-07-02 00:18|| 2006-07-02 00:18|| Front Page Top

#3 If you like those stories, you can always check out Shiver Metimber's site, or the Scamorama site. Some of the correspondences are pretty damn funny.

Of course, any appeals from me for financial help in getting the Tsar's vast family fortune are all legit. Please donate, and generously, to our special account in Lagos. Thanks!!

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-07-02 00:49|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-07-02 00:49|| Front Page Top

#4 SO... "Tsar" isn't _just_ a nickname, is it?

Posted by Phil 2006-07-02 01:19|| 2006-07-02 01:19|| Front Page Top

#5 My personal favorite in the anti-419 department is the guy who runs http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

Posted by Lone Ranger 2006-07-02 03:49|| 2006-07-02 03:49|| Front Page Top

#6 I thoroughly enjoyed the Anus Laptops saga.

Posted by AzCat 2006-07-02 07:37|| 2006-07-02 07:37|| Front Page Top

#7 ...There was a story on Fox News' website yesterday that the Tennessee preacher's wife who blew him away with a shotgun a few months ago did so after being caught in a Nigerian e-mail scam. Makes you wonder what these things set off in otherwise normal people.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-07-02 08:06|| 2006-07-02 08:06|| Front Page Top

#8 I get a lot of those "Nigerian" scam mails, whenever I get a new one I forward the last 200 or so that i've received, one at a time, about 50 a day, usualy by the third day they've banned my E-Address so I can't send them any more.
I figure that since Internet access is expensive over there, (Had to stop E-Mailing a friend in State Dept because of the cost to them) and getting 50 plus E-Mails each day both clogs up their servers, wastes their time (They're all individual, no blocks) and must be expensive as hell.

So far onlt two scamsters have repeated, and the E-Mails have fallen off to one every couple of weeks, so it works.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-07-02 11:26|| 2006-07-02 11:26|| Front Page Top

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