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The Irish Method

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  • 09-04-2016 3:05am
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    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Whilst perusing the web the past few days a large full page advert for a get rich scheme called "The Irish Method" has been popping up on my iPad.

    It smells of a total scam. So be warned - avoid at all costs if you come across it. I'm sure the boards.ie team are aware of these adverts and don't have links to them in this site.

    Be warned - avoid!


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    Speedsie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,310 ✭✭✭Speedsie
    ¡arriba, arriba! ¡andale, andale!


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Whilst perusing the web the past few days a large full page advert for a get rich scheme called "The Irish Method" has been popping up on my iPad.

    It smells of a total scam. So be warned - avoid at all costs if you come across it. I'm sure the boards.ie team are aware of these adverts and don't have links to them in this site.

    Be warned - avoid!

    The Irish method, the Brit method, the Aussie method, the Canuck method, etc, all the same scam from the same scammers. There was a piece in the BBC about it a couple of months ago.

    Avoid


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    gifted
    Registered Users Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭gifted


    The withdraw method .....


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,109 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    The Rhythm Method TM

    Not your ornery onager



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    posturingpat
    Registered Users Posts: 2,722 ✭✭✭posturingpat


    Sounds like a form of contraception.

    The Irish method: Drinking 14 pints of Guinness and not able to get it up,thus removing the risk of pregnancy :pac:


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    The flying mouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭The flying mouse


    The Irish meth...


    Craic cocaine with out the Coke..


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    Alf Stewart.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭Alf Stewart.


    Might paint me decking today.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Beware Irish Methodists


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    everlast75
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    I thought this was a thread about old fashioned contraception :/


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    Mr. CooL ICE
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    How do I know to avoid something if I don't know what it is?


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    Poor Uncle Tom
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    Nicolas Cage wrote: »
    How do I know to avoid something if I don't know what it is?

    Just engage your brain....:rolleyes:


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    IvyTheTerrible
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    So what is the Irish method, OP?


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    Speedsie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,310 ✭✭✭Speedsie
    ¡arriba, arriba! ¡andale, andale!


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    So what is the Irish method, OP?

    I'm not the OP, but it's an automated day trading 'facility' that claims it will earn you a small fortune from using stocks. I can't remember if it was on Watchdog or the One show earlier this year.

    http://www.binaryoptionswatchdog.com/brit-method-and-canuck-method-scam/

    Or it's a riff on the tried & not trusted withdrawal method that had provided so many siblings in Ireland. ;)


    Edit: it was the One Show http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2136812


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    Titzon Toast
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    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    So what is the Irish method, OP?

    Switch it off, then switch it back on again.


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    Birneybau
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    Thanks for the heads up o.p., I was going to jump all over it.

    Now, back to ebay for those magic beans...

    :rolleyes:


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    #16
    hairyslug
    Registered Users Posts: 2,591 ✭✭✭hairyslug


    But the sexy single ladies in my area are real right,


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    Turtle_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Turtle_


    What about the Nigerian Princes? I can trust them, right?


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    Phoebas
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    Speedsie wrote: »
    The Irish method, the Brit method, the Aussie method, the Canuck method, etc, all the same scam from the same scammers. There was a piece in the BBC about it a couple of months ago.

    Avoid

    Its such a transparent scam that only an idiot would fall for it. Which is exactly why design it that way - their target demographic is idiots.


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    JupiterKid
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    It seems to be some sort of binary trading scheme where you play the stock markets. The guy fronting it is called Jason Flanagan and looks pretty young and wet behind the ears.

    Smells of a total scam. Big money is never that easy!:pac:

    Love the replies about the Irish Method being some sort of contraception!:D


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    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,365 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Turtle_ wrote: »
    What about the Nigerian Princes? I can trust them, right?

    Of course you can ,

    Yours ,

    Prince Akimwande .

    P.S. the thirty million euros is in my account waiting for your bank details.


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    Calypso27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,210 ✭✭✭Calypso27


    So I can continue to let guys pull out yeah, no scam there?

    Good stuff.


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    FizzleSticks
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    Billy86
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Whilst perusing the web the past few days a large full page advert for a get rich scheme called "The Irish Method" has been popping up on my iPad.

    It smells of a total scam. So be warned - avoid at all costs if you come across it. I'm sure the boards.ie team are aware of these adverts and don't have links to them in this site.

    Be warned - avoid!
    My guess is the boards team don't really have much say as to what ads pop up. Read it on a different website (Cracked) a while back in response to readers complaining about the ads on the site. Basically, if I recall correctly, a lot of large websites enter into advertising rings which can include hundreds (if not thousands) of different ads, and from there what pops up all depends on the circumstances of the website's visitor (location, time of day, search/browsing history, etc).


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    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    Phoebas wrote: »
    Its such a transparent scam that only an idiot would fall for it. Which is exactly why design it that way - their target demographic is idiots.

    You're also missing out the gullible, the naïve and the greedy. In fact greed tends to be one of the greater drivers, it's why the spelling of those Nigerian Princes is always so atrocious, it helps foster a feeling of superiority in the intended victim.

    If you mailbomb a few million people you're bound to get a hit or two.


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    Brindor
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭Brindor


    Turtle_ wrote: »
    What about the Nigerian Princes? I can trust them, right?

    Good afternoon Sir/Madam.
    I'm calling to let you know that you have been selected to receive a Cash Prize.

    All I require from you, are your bank account details and Sort Code, and we can wire the monies to you directly!!!


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    _Kaiser_
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    Calypso27 wrote: »
    So I can continue to let guys pull out yeah, no scam there?

    Good stuff.

    Hello! :p


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