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Why Email Scammers Continue To Do What They Do....

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by captbilly1eye

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...Because suckers like this are born every minute:

Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,453125,00.html

For those who wondered if people really fall for their come-ons and send money after receiving an email; Yes. Sadly, such people do exist. They even do it when warned not to - as this lady did.

Because such gullible people exist, the scum will continue their crimes and another fool and their money will soon be parted.

Many of us worry that elderly people we know that have lost much of their rational thinking capability will fall prey. I for one will be passing this along to my parents (in a kind and thoughtful way). I just hope they pay attention, remember, and heed the warning.

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by Tammy.Cavadias

..ocean front property (wonder if she'd be interested?) ;-)

It is amazing to me that folks still fall for this type of thing - guess the old saying "if it looks too good to be true" it probably is. But what really is amazing - is she knew it was a scam but continued anyway.

-Tammy :-)

by .martin.

respond to anything that is from anyone I don't know (which involves about 50 emails a DAY!!!)

hopefully people will learn (probably not though...)

by bizzo

It all boils down to greed.

She had $400,000 of her husbands retirement money, but wanted $20m, and now she has nothing.

I feel sorry for the people who get scammed who are genuinely gullible, but not necessarily for those that are genuinely greedy.

by larryd4

Back in the later 80's I remember a get rich quick infomercial that did not tell you what it was, but for 9.99 you get the kit!

Well four of us pitched in to get the kit, we were all living together at the time. The whole kit was simply a 3 page letter explaining how to run adds in papers across the country. The kit said the ads should state something like;
"Send us a dollar and we'll send you a kit to making money from home!" or
"Pray for us! Send a dollar"

Sad part was it really worked. You would be amazed how many people blindly sent in one dollar to P.O. Box, with no information of any kind.

And they usually sent the cash!!

by magic8ball

I had a floating point problem. I read it as 40,000 not 400,000. I hate those types of emails. I try to warn everyone I know about the dangers of them.

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