The occasional flash of brilliance
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Hehe hehe. AspDotNet left a really interesting link in a thread in this forum somewhere. It basically says that they're far more clever than we give them credit for. By sending out something so obviously bogus, you'll only get replied to by the most gullible individuals. This means you can spend all of your precious time working on the people you're most likely to be successful with. It was certainly an eye-opener for me and the only reason it didn't seem obvious was that they seem to get passed-off as entirely inept; incapable of such calculated targeting of their core-demographic. I hate them to pieces, but I'll admit a new-found respect of sorts, for them. http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/167719/WhyFromNigeria.pdf[^]
Make it work. Then do it better - Andrei Straut
Why don't we turn the table on them? Send back a reply that you live under a bridge and are responding with a stolen phone. You could sure use the money they promise you and would gladly help. Unfortunately you can't open a bank account without a minimum deposit of (pick a suitable amount). Perhaps there are gullible scammers as well. :) Edit: What kind of person could be upset enough to downvote this? Anyway, a nice 'good morning' goes to Nigeria today! :)
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Why don't we turn the table on them? Send back a reply that you live under a bridge and are responding with a stolen phone. You could sure use the money they promise you and would gladly help. Unfortunately you can't open a bank account without a minimum deposit of (pick a suitable amount). Perhaps there are gullible scammers as well. :) Edit: What kind of person could be upset enough to downvote this? Anyway, a nice 'good morning' goes to Nigeria today! :)
Where do I send the bill for monitor cleaning? :-D There goes that mouthful of coffee. :-\ You know, I might just try that next time for a laugh. No actually, that's starting to seem funnier and funnier (no doubt they've seen responses something like that before) I will try that next time. I'll just give a fake name and try to get em to send a Western Union. Sure I can't have it, but they've lost it by then anyway.. I'll gladly accept the idea in lieu of the screen-cleaning $$. :laugh:
Make it work. Then do it better - Andrei Straut
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Why don't we turn the table on them? Send back a reply that you live under a bridge and are responding with a stolen phone. You could sure use the money they promise you and would gladly help. Unfortunately you can't open a bank account without a minimum deposit of (pick a suitable amount). Perhaps there are gullible scammers as well. :) Edit: What kind of person could be upset enough to downvote this? Anyway, a nice 'good morning' goes to Nigeria today! :)
Some faces of dumbest scammers :laugh: http://blibla.blogger.de/static/antville/blibla/files/ct_2004_Heft8.pdf[^]
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Where do I send the bill for monitor cleaning? :-D There goes that mouthful of coffee. :-\ You know, I might just try that next time for a laugh. No actually, that's starting to seem funnier and funnier (no doubt they've seen responses something like that before) I will try that next time. I'll just give a fake name and try to get em to send a Western Union. Sure I can't have it, but they've lost it by then anyway.. I'll gladly accept the idea in lieu of the screen-cleaning $$. :laugh:
Make it work. Then do it better - Andrei Straut
Thank you, Mr. Scammer, you are my last hope. The bridges here at the polar circle are very cold and drafty and I will probably not survive the coming winter. By your message I can see that you also have encountered hard times, so I'm more than willing to help. Unfortunately the banks here will not let homeless people open a bank account unless a minimum deposit of 500$ is made. If you can help me over this obstacle, we can then quickly see to bringing your money to safety. (I hope the monitor survived the next shower) :)
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Thank you, Mr. Scammer, you are my last hope. The bridges here at the polar circle are very cold and drafty and I will probably not survive the coming winter. By your message I can see that you also have encountered hard times, so I'm more than willing to help. Unfortunately the banks here will not let homeless people open a bank account unless a minimum deposit of 500$ is made. If you can help me over this obstacle, we can then quickly see to bringing your money to safety. (I hope the monitor survived the next shower) :)
For some reason that still reminds me of the sketch whereby someone was rung at home by a telemarketer. He apologised and said that unfortunately he was very busy, thanked them for the call and asked for their home number so he could call back later to discuss it further at a time it was convenient. They resisted and resisted until finally he asked "Oh, I guess you don't like people calling you at home then?" - the answer was clearly affirmative, before he retorted "Yeah well, I'm at home right now!" (it was Seinfeld) I did that to a company trying to sell water-coolers once. The sound of the girl's voice after I did the same thing was priceless. I still get a giggle from time-to-time about it now, some 15 years later. I'll be sure to report back here with any ensuing hilarity. Thanks for the idea.:thumbsup: Edit: meant to say the monitor's fine, it's just the front of these shorts that suffered..
Make it work. Then do it better - Andrei Straut
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Thank you, Mr. Scammer, you are my last hope. The bridges here at the polar circle are very cold and drafty and I will probably not survive the coming winter. By your message I can see that you also have encountered hard times, so I'm more than willing to help. Unfortunately the banks here will not let homeless people open a bank account unless a minimum deposit of 500$ is made. If you can help me over this obstacle, we can then quickly see to bringing your money to safety. (I hope the monitor survived the next shower) :)
Makes no sense - you're not falling into their core demographics - extremely gullible people but which _do_ have some money. OTOH, giving out a real account number cannot harm you - no bank will make payments from your account without some sort of proof that you authorized the payment - such as a signed payment order or an electronically authenticated transfer, so your account should be safe as long as you don't pass confidential info on to the scammer.
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Thank you, Mr. Scammer, you are my last hope. The bridges here at the polar circle are very cold and drafty and I will probably not survive the coming winter. By your message I can see that you also have encountered hard times, so I'm more than willing to help. Unfortunately the banks here will not let homeless people open a bank account unless a minimum deposit of 500$ is made. If you can help me over this obstacle, we can then quickly see to bringing your money to safety. (I hope the monitor survived the next shower) :)
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This piece of spam is the most inspiring piece I have seen in a while. The sheer complexity, the audacity, the eloquence;
M.FISH *somefool*@midohio.twcbc.com
to undisclosed recipients
Congratulations you Email ID have won 700,000 GBP from Chevrolet motors.
fill the information and send back for processing1Name....
2Address....
3Telephone Number...
4Sex..:
5Age...
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Current City....:
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Occupation
Bank Name....:
Account Name....:
Account Number....:
Bank Address
Today, the spammers think I'm an idiot.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Why don't we turn the table on them? Send back a reply that you live under a bridge and are responding with a stolen phone. You could sure use the money they promise you and would gladly help. Unfortunately you can't open a bank account without a minimum deposit of (pick a suitable amount). Perhaps there are gullible scammers as well. :) Edit: What kind of person could be upset enough to downvote this? Anyway, a nice 'good morning' goes to Nigeria today! :)
It's worth a try. A friend of mine managed to talk a spammer into sending him a check years ago. It was a real Bank of Something or Other cashiers check. (A check that was part of a stolen shipment of blanks and was filled out by the spammer not the bank; but nonetheless it was a real check.) :laugh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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This piece of spam is the most inspiring piece I have seen in a while. The sheer complexity, the audacity, the eloquence;
M.FISH *somefool*@midohio.twcbc.com
to undisclosed recipients
Congratulations you Email ID have won 700,000 GBP from Chevrolet motors.
fill the information and send back for processing1Name....
2Address....
3Telephone Number...
4Sex..:
5Age...
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Current City....:
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Occupation
Bank Name....:
Account Name....:
Account Number....:
Bank Address
Today, the spammers think I'm an idiot.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Just a note...when you write a check the recipient has all the bank account info including account name and number etc.
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Why don't we turn the table on them? Send back a reply that you live under a bridge and are responding with a stolen phone. You could sure use the money they promise you and would gladly help. Unfortunately you can't open a bank account without a minimum deposit of (pick a suitable amount). Perhaps there are gullible scammers as well. :) Edit: What kind of person could be upset enough to downvote this? Anyway, a nice 'good morning' goes to Nigeria today! :)
I think its a good idea. I will sometimes waste a little bit of time and ask them to forward the routing # and account # where I can pick up the money. I tell them that I don't disclose any information over email. I have yet to hear back, but I guess there is a certain amount of personal satisfaction anyway.
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Why don't we turn the table on them? Send back a reply that you live under a bridge and are responding with a stolen phone. You could sure use the money they promise you and would gladly help. Unfortunately you can't open a bank account without a minimum deposit of (pick a suitable amount). Perhaps there are gullible scammers as well. :) Edit: What kind of person could be upset enough to downvote this? Anyway, a nice 'good morning' goes to Nigeria today! :)
CDP1802 wrote:
Perhaps there are gullible scammers as well. :)
We just need a source of guaranteed-to-be-fake account and routing numbers we can use to reply with. Or.. [snicker] the account and routing numbers of other scammers (Ok, that last bit's a joke because it would be breaking the law, but it would be funny). Heck, maybe interpol could hook the false account numbers up to a trap that automatically freezes the assets of the money's destination.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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Where do I send the bill for monitor cleaning? :-D There goes that mouthful of coffee. :-\ You know, I might just try that next time for a laugh. No actually, that's starting to seem funnier and funnier (no doubt they've seen responses something like that before) I will try that next time. I'll just give a fake name and try to get em to send a Western Union. Sure I can't have it, but they've lost it by then anyway.. I'll gladly accept the idea in lieu of the screen-cleaning $$. :laugh:
Make it work. Then do it better - Andrei Straut
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Why don't we turn the table on them? Send back a reply that you live under a bridge and are responding with a stolen phone. You could sure use the money they promise you and would gladly help. Unfortunately you can't open a bank account without a minimum deposit of (pick a suitable amount). Perhaps there are gullible scammers as well. :) Edit: What kind of person could be upset enough to downvote this? Anyway, a nice 'good morning' goes to Nigeria today! :)
Seems like some nigerian jerks are trying to downvote your post :laugh:
