Worlds Dumbest Man Found

Pauly
Pauly Posts: 4,519
edited January 2009 in The Clubhouse
http://www.windsorstar.com/Leamington+loses+Nigerian+scam/1173799/story.html

IDIOT!

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    Jesus. Not only did he go down in flames but he took all his family and friends with him. What a moron!

    I thought only the elderly fell for those scams. A 22-year old?! Really?! How did he even know how to use email if he was that retarded?
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2009
    Wow. That is so pathetic. They only got me for $6,800. I figured it out early:)
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2009
    Damn. I need a neighbor like that; I'm sure I could make him pay for my bills.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2009
    Oh, now I got it. He's Canadian.









































    :D
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,536
    edited January 2009
    Funny how the gene pool just kinda takes care of itself every now & then....
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited January 2009
    Well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree if his family gave him all that money. I'd say he's the worlds dumbest man, with the worlds dumbest family.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    Good point. All those people he asked for money for all that time and no one ever said "you know, son, maybe this isn't legit?"
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2009
    Rivrrat wrote: »
    Well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree if his family gave him all that money. I'd say he's the worlds dumbest man, with the worlds dumbest family.

    You made me choke:mad:

    I have always wondered why they sent those stupid emails. I figured nobody could be that stupid:confused::(
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    I'm always getting those emails. I've replied to a couple with, "Oh my God!" "Oh my God!" Yes!!!!!!!! "Oh my God!" "What do I have to do?" Then mark it as spam and giggle my fargin arse off. :D

    That's a good way to get yourself on about 50x more spam email lists. I'm sure your filter catches most of them, but seriously, NEVER respond to spam, even if it's cathartic or you think you're spamming them back (you're not, they don't care).
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited January 2009
    If it sounds too good to be true...................
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited January 2009
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Wow. That is so pathetic. They only got me for $6,800. I figured it out early:)


    I used to get their emails all the time... I just hit the spam button

    At least I can now prove to my wife I am not the dumbest man alive any more


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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,621
    edited January 2009
    You guys have had to see the sites where they scam the scammers. They'd do things like, "I"ll send the money, but first send me a picture of yourself with your pants down and a fish on your head", The Nigerians would snap the photos and send them off - funny stuff!
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2009
    I saw that site where the guy scammed the scammers. It was hilarious. You'd think they knew something was up when he asked them to hold up a dead fish lol.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2009
    Is there really such a site? And you guys believed that? Looks like there's more than one......:rolleyes: ;)
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  • vlam
    vlam Posts: 282
    edited January 2009
    http://www.419eater.com/
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  • sdcfan18
    sdcfan18 Posts: 95
    edited January 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Oh, now I got it. He's Canadian.









































    :D

    :mad:



    The town that guy lives in is only about 45 min. from me. Amazing that something like that happens so close to home. Usually it's someone down south silly enough to get into trouble like that.






    :D

    I mean no ill will, just standing up for my fellow Canucks...which includes this dummy I guess :confused:
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  • Phasearray
    Phasearray Posts: 437
    edited January 2009
    I feel sorry for this guy. I hope those Nigerian scammers rott in hell.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2009
    Ricardo,
    The guy was posting the letters they were sending him and the responses he sent back. He decided to mess with them by asking them to do weird things like hold up a fish and take a picture so he would know it's really them and then he could send the money. They did whatever he wanted just to get him to send them cash and they thought they were the ones doing the scamming.

    This isn't the same guy, but it's from the 419eater website...same concept though.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2009
    I found the guy :)
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited January 2009
    I met a guy who sold his Vette on eBay and had an offer of almost 10k more than it was worth if he'd ship it to Nigeria. Well when he received a "check," he shipped the car. About a month later, the check came back bounced so he still had an outstanding loan on the car so he still owed 54k on a car he shipped away. Oops. My dad works at the bank and the guy came in asking for help... like they're just going to say "Ok, you got duped, we'll cut you a break." Sorry buddy, you screwed up.
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited January 2009
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    I found the guy :)

    Awesome!
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2009
    Wow...I suppose I feel bad for the guy, but wouldn't anyone with even a shred of common sense be able to figure out that they were being scammed? As others have said, the apple didn't fall far from the tree if he had family members willing to lend him all that money. I would have to assume that someone would have caught on to the fact that it was a scam...As they say though, common sense isn't very common.

    That being said though, those scammers are ****. I couldn't even imagine trying to do that to someone...they'll get theirs in the end though.
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  • themuskr
    themuskr Posts: 149
    edited January 2009
    wow some people will believe anything!
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  • TheOtherSide
    TheOtherSide Posts: 11
    edited January 2009
    And I thought I was dumb for buying that engagement ring.
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited January 2009
    hhhmmmmmmm he has blond hair......hhhhhmmmmmmm...;);)
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  • suprafantx
    suprafantx Posts: 249
    edited January 2009
    After reading the whole thing, I think the title of this thread should be changed to The World's Dumpest Family Found.

    Yes, I had those emails before and I asked the guy where can I send them the money. The guy sent me all info how to send the money to him. Then, I sent to him 2 or 3 emails everyday for about a week asked them did you receive the money yet? The guy thought I did send him money but for some reason he did not receive it so he asked me scan for him the receipt. I just took my camera and took several pictures of my back yard and sent the those pictures to him. This is what I did when I have a scam email. I will reply to that email several times and attach few large pictures to eat up his mail box space.
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  • SBrown712
    SBrown712 Posts: 202
    edited January 2009
    "The World's Dumpest Family Found."

    Maybe not. It is hard to believe that people still fall for that scam. I loved that web site 419 eater, funny stuff there.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    suprafantx wrote: »
    After reading the whole thing, I think the title of this thread should be changed to The World's Dumpest Family Found.

    Yes, I had those emails before and I asked the guy where can I send them the money. The guy sent me all info how to send the money to him. Then, I sent to him 2 or 3 emails everyday for about a week asked them did you receive the money yet? The guy thought I did send him money but for some reason he did not receive it so he asked me scan for him the receipt. I just took my camera and took several pictures of my back yard and sent the those pictures to him. This is what I did when I have a scam email. I will reply to that email several times and attach few large pictures to eat up his mail box space.

    Yeah you really showed him.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • ntculenuff
    ntculenuff Posts: 1,146
    edited January 2009
    i need to find me this so called formula for making paper legal tender
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,679
    edited January 2009
    TheOtherSide wrote: »
    And I thought I was dumb for buying that engagement ring.


    Buying an engagement ring is not unlike these Nigerian 419 scams.

    You think that with a little front-end investment, there will be a big payoff down the road that'll leave you sitting like the King of Siam !


    ......and after the deal goes down, you're pretty much left standing there holding nothing but your wheezer in your hand and the thought that, "Man, I think I got screwed !".


    ;)
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