I Hate... E-Mail Scams
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Hi Everybody! We've all had it happen to us before some time in our lives, some bank manager in some far-flung region of the world wants your help to get $15,000,000 out of his country. Needless to say it's a scam that can severely damage the wallets of the unlucky (if somewhat stupid) people that end up falling for this trick. They lure you in with the promise of millions and then drain your account dry either by obtaining your bank details or forcing you to keep coughing up money for "Insurance" or "Administration Charges" I usually ignore it. Now it's gone too far. I have received no less than seventeen e-mails past fortnight promising me huge riches. Indeed, the total sum of these "Transactions" would, hypothetically, have added up to a whopping $231,500,000 for me had they all been legitimate. But hey, that's why we've got spam folders, right? Well one of the messages caught my eye the other day, from "Mr. Earnest Dadanu", that actually had the downright heartlessness and disrespect to use an actual aviation disaster (AF4590) as a front for their exploits. It sickens me to think that scammers used all those people (114) dying as an excuse to con innocent people out of their money. Here's an excerpt: I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($15)millions usd into your account within 7working banking days. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim due to the owner of this fund died along with his entire family and supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 31st 2000. Pls go through the website ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm ) Has anybody had similar problems with spam in the past, did it ever stop, and did any of it ever make you downright angry? MrWolfy :-D
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Hi Everybody! We've all had it happen to us before some time in our lives, some bank manager in some far-flung region of the world wants your help to get $15,000,000 out of his country. Needless to say it's a scam that can severely damage the wallets of the unlucky (if somewhat stupid) people that end up falling for this trick. They lure you in with the promise of millions and then drain your account dry either by obtaining your bank details or forcing you to keep coughing up money for "Insurance" or "Administration Charges" I usually ignore it. Now it's gone too far. I have received no less than seventeen e-mails past fortnight promising me huge riches. Indeed, the total sum of these "Transactions" would, hypothetically, have added up to a whopping $231,500,000 for me had they all been legitimate. But hey, that's why we've got spam folders, right? Well one of the messages caught my eye the other day, from "Mr. Earnest Dadanu", that actually had the downright heartlessness and disrespect to use an actual aviation disaster (AF4590) as a front for their exploits. It sickens me to think that scammers used all those people (114) dying as an excuse to con innocent people out of their money. Here's an excerpt: I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($15)millions usd into your account within 7working banking days. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim due to the owner of this fund died along with his entire family and supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 31st 2000. Pls go through the website ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm ) Has anybody had similar problems with spam in the past, did it ever stop, and did any of it ever make you downright angry? MrWolfy :-D
The 300 or so SPAM e-mail messages I get every day frosts my balls. Fortunately, the vast majority get caught in my provider's filter and I never see them. My secondary filter helps sort out the rest. If there's ever a broken system, it's e-mail.
You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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Hi Everybody! We've all had it happen to us before some time in our lives, some bank manager in some far-flung region of the world wants your help to get $15,000,000 out of his country. Needless to say it's a scam that can severely damage the wallets of the unlucky (if somewhat stupid) people that end up falling for this trick. They lure you in with the promise of millions and then drain your account dry either by obtaining your bank details or forcing you to keep coughing up money for "Insurance" or "Administration Charges" I usually ignore it. Now it's gone too far. I have received no less than seventeen e-mails past fortnight promising me huge riches. Indeed, the total sum of these "Transactions" would, hypothetically, have added up to a whopping $231,500,000 for me had they all been legitimate. But hey, that's why we've got spam folders, right? Well one of the messages caught my eye the other day, from "Mr. Earnest Dadanu", that actually had the downright heartlessness and disrespect to use an actual aviation disaster (AF4590) as a front for their exploits. It sickens me to think that scammers used all those people (114) dying as an excuse to con innocent people out of their money. Here's an excerpt: I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($15)millions usd into your account within 7working banking days. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim due to the owner of this fund died along with his entire family and supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 31st 2000. Pls go through the website ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm ) Has anybody had similar problems with spam in the past, did it ever stop, and did any of it ever make you downright angry? MrWolfy :-D
You may like this website and what those guys do : http://www.419eater.com/[^]
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link -
Hi Everybody! We've all had it happen to us before some time in our lives, some bank manager in some far-flung region of the world wants your help to get $15,000,000 out of his country. Needless to say it's a scam that can severely damage the wallets of the unlucky (if somewhat stupid) people that end up falling for this trick. They lure you in with the promise of millions and then drain your account dry either by obtaining your bank details or forcing you to keep coughing up money for "Insurance" or "Administration Charges" I usually ignore it. Now it's gone too far. I have received no less than seventeen e-mails past fortnight promising me huge riches. Indeed, the total sum of these "Transactions" would, hypothetically, have added up to a whopping $231,500,000 for me had they all been legitimate. But hey, that's why we've got spam folders, right? Well one of the messages caught my eye the other day, from "Mr. Earnest Dadanu", that actually had the downright heartlessness and disrespect to use an actual aviation disaster (AF4590) as a front for their exploits. It sickens me to think that scammers used all those people (114) dying as an excuse to con innocent people out of their money. Here's an excerpt: I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($15)millions usd into your account within 7working banking days. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim due to the owner of this fund died along with his entire family and supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 31st 2000. Pls go through the website ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm ) Has anybody had similar problems with spam in the past, did it ever stop, and did any of it ever make you downright angry? MrWolfy :-D
I don't get spam mails (well I do but there all caught by the filter so I never see them) Gmail for the win. K sometimes one does make it into the inbox but that happens maybe 5 times in a year so...
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You may like this website and what those guys do : http://www.419eater.com/[^]
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkI think I found myself a new hobby :)
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Hi Everybody! We've all had it happen to us before some time in our lives, some bank manager in some far-flung region of the world wants your help to get $15,000,000 out of his country. Needless to say it's a scam that can severely damage the wallets of the unlucky (if somewhat stupid) people that end up falling for this trick. They lure you in with the promise of millions and then drain your account dry either by obtaining your bank details or forcing you to keep coughing up money for "Insurance" or "Administration Charges" I usually ignore it. Now it's gone too far. I have received no less than seventeen e-mails past fortnight promising me huge riches. Indeed, the total sum of these "Transactions" would, hypothetically, have added up to a whopping $231,500,000 for me had they all been legitimate. But hey, that's why we've got spam folders, right? Well one of the messages caught my eye the other day, from "Mr. Earnest Dadanu", that actually had the downright heartlessness and disrespect to use an actual aviation disaster (AF4590) as a front for their exploits. It sickens me to think that scammers used all those people (114) dying as an excuse to con innocent people out of their money. Here's an excerpt: I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($15)millions usd into your account within 7working banking days. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim due to the owner of this fund died along with his entire family and supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 31st 2000. Pls go through the website ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm ) Has anybody had similar problems with spam in the past, did it ever stop, and did any of it ever make you downright angry? MrWolfy :-D
MrWolfy wrote:
e downright heartlessness and disrespect to use an actual aviation disaster
419ers have been doing this since the scam was first thought up.
The European Way of War: Blow your own continent up. The American Way of War: Go over and help them.
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I think I found myself a new hobby :)
Same here! :laugh:
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Hi Everybody! We've all had it happen to us before some time in our lives, some bank manager in some far-flung region of the world wants your help to get $15,000,000 out of his country. Needless to say it's a scam that can severely damage the wallets of the unlucky (if somewhat stupid) people that end up falling for this trick. They lure you in with the promise of millions and then drain your account dry either by obtaining your bank details or forcing you to keep coughing up money for "Insurance" or "Administration Charges" I usually ignore it. Now it's gone too far. I have received no less than seventeen e-mails past fortnight promising me huge riches. Indeed, the total sum of these "Transactions" would, hypothetically, have added up to a whopping $231,500,000 for me had they all been legitimate. But hey, that's why we've got spam folders, right? Well one of the messages caught my eye the other day, from "Mr. Earnest Dadanu", that actually had the downright heartlessness and disrespect to use an actual aviation disaster (AF4590) as a front for their exploits. It sickens me to think that scammers used all those people (114) dying as an excuse to con innocent people out of their money. Here's an excerpt: I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($15)millions usd into your account within 7working banking days. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim due to the owner of this fund died along with his entire family and supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 31st 2000. Pls go through the website ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm ) Has anybody had similar problems with spam in the past, did it ever stop, and did any of it ever make you downright angry? MrWolfy :-D
I get one of these about once a year, possible less, I almost never see spam in my home account. Hotmail on the other hand gets loads.