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04-07-2008, 05:32 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Gender: Male
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| People are so naive these days *sigh*
My friend got one of those phony emails about an African dude sharing 10 million bucks with him, but requires friend to hand over $1000 for confirmation. He did, and he's been waiting for a reply.
That was 5 weeks ago -_-''
Wondering if this is the epitome of naivete or if this is just normal..... | 
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04-07-2008, 05:43 AM
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#2 | | News Editor
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Gender: Male
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| He's a bright one. | |
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04-07-2008, 08:27 AM
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#3 | | Senior Member
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| Some people probably believe them, but not many have $1,000 to shell out at the drop of a hat. | |
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04-07-2008, 09:09 AM
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#4 | | Junior Member
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| Stupidity has no bounds. | |
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04-07-2008, 09:32 AM
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#5 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: one nation, under a groove----->a place where they get down-just for the funk of it
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| tell him not to worry-he'll get his money within the next millenium or two... | |
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04-07-2008, 10:39 AM
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#6 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: US Gender: Male
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| People fall for this stuff all of the time.
-First off, the Nigerian royalty story is so ridiculous. Really, how many princes are there?
-If you sell on eBay, don't except money orders that are not sent via the postal service (once a money order is in the postal service, it is a felony if it is fraudulent), wait for any and all checks to clear before shipping (if you have a check bounce, it is your fault and your money lost), use PayPal if you don't want the hassle.
-On that note, much of the eBay check fraud is this. You sell an item for $300. You get a check for $3,000, which you cash. When you're a nice person (whoops! buyer wrote an extra 0) and you send a check for $2700 back, they cash it and the $300 check bounces. They will usually get the item since you shipped it to.
-If you get an email from any buying site or financial institution about your account, just type the site manually. If it's true, you'll get the message when you login, without clicking any suspicious links. | |
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04-07-2008, 10:54 AM
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#7 | | Junior Member
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| Tell your friend to google "p-p-p-powerbook." | |
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04-07-2008, 01:05 PM
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#8 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SoCal
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| i think the OP's post just made my day. awww. i feel sorry for your friend!! | |
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04-07-2008, 01:57 PM
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#9 | | Member
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| Pfft, you'll feel stupid when he gets his money. | 
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04-07-2008, 02:19 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
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| wow, so gullible... | |
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04-09-2008, 11:27 AM
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#11 | | Senior Member
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| Tha's really sad. =/ | |
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04-09-2008, 01:06 PM
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#12 | | Member
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| hahahhaha. this is funny. is there Nigerian royality for real? | |
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04-09-2008, 03:26 PM
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#13 | | Junior Member
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| There are a ton of african princes. I know about 4 or 5 african princes, which is about 50% of the "black" africans I know. They all say being an african prince isn't really that big of a deal b/c there are so many of them. | |
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04-09-2008, 07:37 PM
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| ^hahahaha . | |
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04-09-2008, 07:55 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
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| I love how Dateline even did an investigative journalism show on this exact scam. | |
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