These scam artists arent even trying anymore

[Scuddie]

I just got this message in my yahoo inbox. I must say it is quite amusing, considering what it is. Just look at the god damned thing. It's bloody hilarious.

_Dear Citibank_ User_,

This E-mail was se-nt by t_he Citi-Bank servers to
veerify _your email_ adderss.
You muust ctolpmee this proecss by clicking on the_ link
bellow and enteering in the small _window_ your CITI_bank
_Debit_ full Card Number and Pin that you use in the local_Atm_Machine.
This is _done_ for your poecrttion -a- becaurse some of_our
memebrs no lonegr have acescs to their email adesdsres
and we must verify it.

link

To veerify _your _email address and access _your Citi-bank
account, clik on _the link _below_.

Well, after all thats been said, I think I should e-mail bomb the asshole who gave me this letter. I sure hope he has flood control, and I hope his mail server can handle the load. Too bad if it's not the case. I wonder if I can track down the fucker through a whois on the e-mail. I would love to get this assclown in trouble.

 

[Keganator]

All it takes is one person, and they'll clean out the bank account. It's amazing how people still do this...anything to scam people out of their money, people will do, I guess.

 

[SaraP]

Personally, I think anyone stupid enough to fall for one of these scams deserves to lose everything he's got.

 

[Meplat]

Sara- Hell, ask the nitwit for HIS bank account number. If his ability to think is on the same level as his grammar, I bet you'll get full name, address (Cell block # and all) and mother's maiden name. (If he knows it.)

Meplat-

 

[SaraP]

What's that saying? "A fool and his money are soon parted."

 

[novak]

That looks like something a 10-year-old wrote.

 

[[C22]-Mort]

Personally, I think anyone stupid enough to fall for one of these scams deserves to lose everything he's got.

Unfortunately, I just can't agree with that, obviously an intelligent, well-read computer literate person would never fall for a scam like that.

But unfortunatley SaraP, as you so frequently seem to forget not everybody in this world is as god-damned perfect as you obviously (and wrongly) think you are, the elderly and computer beginners particularly are prone to falling for these kind of scams, and I for one can't see how blaming their shortcomings makes it their fault, if you follow that kind of logic then, victims of robberies deserve all they get for being so stupid as to leave the house!

Years ago my grandmother answered a knock at the door and was confronted by a guy who claimed to be from the council, he had a dodgy bodged ID card (that the police said was a very bad fake) and she let him in got robbed and beaten. I suppose you reckon she deverved that too, I'm just glad that god gave me at least an ounce of understanding and compassioin!

 

[SaraP]

But unfortunatley SaraP, as you so frequently seem to forget not everybody in this world is as god-damned perfect as you obviously (and wrongly) think you are, the elderly and computer beginners particularly are prone to falling for these kind of scams, and I for one can't see how blaming their shortcomings makes it their fault, if you follow that kind of logic then, victims of robberies deserve all they get for being so stupid as to leave the house!

Falling for something as obvious as this is more along the lines as leaving your house with all the doors and windows wide open.

As good 'ol Ben Frankin famously remarked, "The school of experience is the school of hard knocks. The fool will learn from no other." If you're sufficiently stupid to not immediately realize that it's a scam, getting your bank account cleared out a couple of times is really the only thing that's going to teach you to know better.

 

[Eliwar]

aww don't you have any compassion for your own grandmother who is probably the one who got scammed. They have no idea, they didn't grow up with this. They have no idea how the internet is truely used, they think its just a place that has their granddaughters's baby pictures (and porn pictures that their granddaughter will star in 20 later) Its not that they're stupid, just too old to properly function in the realworld and should be isolated in a small room

 

[Meplat]

Mort, I did some editing.

"Unfortunately, I just can't agree with that, obviously an intelligent, well-read telephone literate person would never fall for a scam like that.

~But unfortunatley SaraP, as you so frequently seem to forget not everybody in this world is as god-damned perfect as you obviously (and wrongly) think you are, the elderly and telephone beginners particularly are prone to falling for these kind of scams, and I for one can't see how blaming their shortcomings makes it their fault, if you follow that kind of logic then, victims of robberies deserve all they get for being so stupid as to leave the house!"~Personal attacks aside, I'll offer this-

"New technologies tend to be inherently unforgiving to those unwilling, or unable to learn them."

A bad thing happened to grannie. It's called senility. It's a commmon problem among the elderly. A friend's mother thinks the Mexicans (in general, not one specefic Mexican) have tapped her phone, stolen the deed to her home, and cut down the dead peach tree in her back yard. Others manage her financial affairs, for she cannot be trusted to do so herself. To be blunt, if your Grandmother thinks anyone with a Xeroxed ID is an official, she needs similar care.

I'm going to agree with Sara on this. Anyone who'd believe a bank would write something THAT badly, deserves, no, is BEGGING to be robbed. Locking one's house, and securing valuables is one thing. Reading, and believing tripe such as this letter is another.

Meplat-

 

[BobTheFearlessFish]

the scam is stupid. but nobody deserves to be robbed because of it.

if you are robbed it doesnt make it any less wrong. if i was to go outside and put up a big sign saying 'if you walk here ill shoot you' then you walk there anyway. i still have no right to shoot you. nor do you deserve it. the fact is that the instigators of this scam are breaking the law. those taken in by it are not. if i leave all the windows and doors to my home open i may be making life easier for robbers. but its still wrong for them to rob me. we lock our homes because we have to. because of all the theives out there. you seem to be under the impression that the thieves are there because we dont lock our homes.

 

[Meplat]

"if you are robbed it doesnt make it any less wrong. if i was to go outside and put up a big sign saying 'if you walk here ill shoot you' then you walk there anyway. i still have no right to shoot you. nor do you deserve it."

Funny, the U.S. government does this on a regular basis. Cross the wrong line on a USAF SAC base, and see what the nasty men with the M16's do. When I see a "No Trespassing" sign, I tend to take it seriously.

Meplat-

 

[[C22]-Mort]

To be blunt, if your Grandmother thinks anyone with a Xeroxed ID is an official, she needs similar care.

you seem to be confusing, growing up in a different era, where people where more trusting, where there was less crime, where people just didn't pull stunts like this with senility.

So when you are 60 and cannot keep up with modern technology we should just put you in care too, hell...why not just instigate a compulsory euthenasia scheme?

Why stop there...let's just get rid of the stupid, the gullible, the infirm etc.

Crime is wrong...period, and a victim is still a victim even if they are a stupid or gullible victim!

And I won't apologise for the angry tone of the earlier post because the rabid views of the terminally un-considered, un-compassionate who simply cannot see how difficult life in this world can be for other human beings annoys me.

 

[-Snakebite-]

> Please pass this on I got forwarded this by a friend.
> Normally I hate these hoax e-mail warnings, but this one is for real.
>
> Send this warning to everyone on your e-mail list.
>
> If a man comes to your front door and says he is conducting a survey
> and asks you to show him your cock,
>
> DO NOT show him your cock.
>
> This is a scam; he only wants to see your cock.
>
> I wish I'd got this e-mail yesterday.
>
> I feel so stupid and cheap

 

[Meplat]

Mort- Look up the history of the term "Con Artist" . It has been around far longer than the internet, television, radio, telephones,etc..Technology has little to do with the actual confidence scheme itself. It is merely the "device" by which the crime is comitted.

Schemes to bilk the unwary from their monies have been around since money itself has existed. The stupid, feeble minded, or ignorant have always been preferred prey.

And yes, if by 60 I am believing that some poorly written Email is from my bank, or some jackass waving a hand dawdled "identification" makes him a civil servant, then euthanasia would be a blessing.

Meplat-

 

[Hadmar]

> Please pass this on I got forwarded this by a friend.
> Normally I hate these hoax e-mail warnings, but this one is for real.
>
> Send this warning to everyone on your e-mail list.
>
> If a man comes to your front door and says he is conducting a survey
> and asks you to show him your cock,
>
> DO NOT show him your cock.
>
> This is a scam; he only wants to see your cock.
>
> I wish I'd got this e-mail yesterday.
>
> I feel so stupid and cheap

O.M.G.

I swear I'll kick his ass if I ever find that guy.

 

[SaraP]

you seem to be confusing, growing up in a different era, where people where more trusting, where there was less crime, where people just didn't pull stunts like this with senility.

You seriously think con men didn't exist before the Age of the Internet? Geez, where do you think terms like "quack medicine" and "snake oil" came from?

So when you are 60 and cannot keep up with modern technology we should just put you in care too, hell...why not just instigate a compulsory euthenasia scheme?

Anyone who can read should be able to recognize that as a scam, regardless of how tech-savvy they may or may not be. It's not as if you have to run a traceroute on the IP to realize it's from a cave in Afghanistan and not the bank.

 

[Nightmare]

You seriously think con men didn't exist before the Age of the Internet? Geez, where do you think terms like "quack medicine" and "snake oil" came from?

USA, 1800s? One of the best stories concerns the guys who tried to corner the gold market, Fisk and Gould. When Vanderbilt tried to buy up the stock of their Erie Railroad they just issued more stock! Probably illegal these days.

Anyone who can read should be able to recognize that as a scam, regardless of how tech-savvy they may or may not be. It's not as if you have to run a traceroute on the IP to realize it's from a cave in Afghanistan and not the bank.

Afghanistan? More likely Alabama. But you're right, it should be recognizable as a sham. At least to anyone who knows how to spell English correctly. So if you can't read and write properly it's your own fault if you fall for this ploy?

 

[SaraP]

Afghanistan? More likely Alabama. But you're right, it should be recognizable as a sham. At least to anyone who knows how to spell English correctly. So if you can't read and write properly it's your own fault if you fall for this ploy?

If you can't read and write properly, what are you doing on the Internet? You should still be in first grade.

 

[Hadmar]

... you would be surprised how many people can't properly read and write...