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gtg947h
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 Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 07:58 PM
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| Did anyone else just get a Nigerian scam in a private message (from "cynthia225")? |
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StolichnayaStrafer
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Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 08:43 PM
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Nope- never heard of that one happening on a Forum before!
INVASION!!!  |
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Why is the vodka gone?
Why is the vodka always gone... oh- that's why!
Hide the vodka!!!
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Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 10:59 PM
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Whenever I've received the Nigerian scam, which has only been 2 or 3 times, I always send them the YouTube video of Sam Kinison's Cure for World Hunger. They don't seem to want to write me back for some reason, after that. 
"WE HAVE DESERTS IN AMERICA! WE JUST DON'T LIVE IN THEM @$$HOLE!"  |
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"I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy!"
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akruse21
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Posted: Apr 11, 2008 - 06:57 AM
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| If you respond, the BOT recognizes it as an active address and you'll get hit even more with the crap. Don't respond to them. |
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snypa777
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Posted: Apr 11, 2008 - 05:20 PM
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| Yeah, I learned that one FAST! |
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Lieven
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Posted: Apr 11, 2008 - 06:40 PM
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I checked and there is no user called "cynthia225". So I do not understand how you got that PM.
Anyway, we have upped the security a little so bots have a very hard time to register.
If any one else receives weird PMs, let me know. |
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Posted: Apr 12, 2008 - 02:54 AM
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| Actually once you get live one on the hook they can be really fun to mess with. I once kept one hanging for weeks asking assinine questions everyday. I havent had a "nigerian" scheme in my mail box for over a year now. |
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akruse21
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Posted: Apr 12, 2008 - 07:06 AM
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| Thats what I was doing to one guy or computer that sent me one. I had him answering questions for at least 3 weeks. Then I researched it a bit more and I basically opened myself or address to a long future of all sorts of scams. Not that I wouldn't have received them anyway. |
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Lieven
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Posted: Apr 21, 2008 - 08:14 PM
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Yup, can be a lot of fun. It's called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_baiting">scam baiting</a>! 
Be sure to check some of those external links at the end of that Wikipedia article. |
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