People getting scammed stories

Russ T Banger wrote: »

To be honest I question the IQ of those who get scammed

Me too. Let's be friends :rolleyes:

Russ T Banger wrote: »

To be honest I question the IQ of those who get scammed, i know one girl who responded to an online ad for a puppy for €100, coming from none other than Nigeria. She sends it off by western union and the shnake asks for more cash

Anyone have similar stories?

There was a Prime time special on people getting scammed with the "dodgy draft, get the tax book, sell it on quick to the next lad" scam. There was a couple on, faces blacked out, and I kinda went, jasus, sorry for ye, but feck sake, etc etc.. next day one of the lads who worked for me asked if I had seen the programme..I was about to launch into the whole "yeah, the feckin eej.." when I bit my tongue and he goes "that was me and the missus, the feckers got us for thousands.." And it gutted them and ruined their whole year financially, especially as she was due a second kid shortly afterwards.

TLDR: Scammers are scum who damage peoples lives, nice, decent, ordinary people, people just like you and me. Cnuts.

Getting scammed once can happen to anyone and anyone who 'questions the IQ' sounds like a bit of a pompous arsehole to me.
It's those who get scammed time and time again that I wonder about

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

Nigerian

Racist.

GenieOz wrote: »

Getting scammed once can happen to anyone and anyone who 'questions the IQ' sounds like a bit of a pompous arsehole to me.
It's those who get scammed time and time again that I wonder about

Totally agree, the best scams are the ones you never hear about or see, some very intelligent people out there who can manipulate money out of people, even if they're not the dopes people make them out to be.

Pawn wrote: »

Racist.

But even Nigerians themselves sing about their infamy in scamming...

Cydoniac wrote: »

Totally agree, the best scams are the ones you never hear about or see, some very intelligent people out there who can manipulate money out of people, even if they're not the dopes people make them out to be.

Absolutely. There are plenty of scams out there in action that even the smartest people will be drawn in by, no matter what they say.
It's not always as simple as a western union transfer that people seem to assume.

I was scammed a few times, once with a video camera and other buying x-rated stuff, I hope the scum burn in hell for it, it wasn't big money so i learned my lesson without much harm. I know the scumbags name in one of the occasions

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

Filmed by it or bought one that turned out to be a plonker? I bought a "Sony" video camera out in the Canaries that turned out to be a piece of crap when I took it out of the box. TBH, I was kinda impressed more than pee'd off. Them lads were slick. The "Sony" bit was in my head, so I conned myself, as is usually the case. Cheap? Normally nasty.

No i purchased on and the scumbag never sent it i have his name and phone number but i never bothered reporting him to the police as the savage filthy scumbag would probably have set his ghetto chums on me

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

filmed it and stuck it up on Youpube as well. With "your" camera. The divil.

i text him every day for a month after it calling him all the names under the sun

orangesoda wrote: »

i text him every day for a month after it calling him all the names under the sun

You need to movie on with your life.

I will be the first to say I am easy to scam. (And I will not be responding to your pms after this post nor shall I be looking at responses offering cute puppies and kittens from Nigeria).

I tend to assume the best in people and see the world through rose tinted glasses.

And now I must escape your nefarious scamming clutches and not look in this thread again.

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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At work, every time I walk into a pitch, I have to bite my tongue to stop from going "Gooooood Afta noon Sah!"