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May 18, 2018 11:06:11 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 11:06:11 GMT
I guess some people must fall for this, or there wouldn't be so many of them. But really, how? Just how stupid do you have to be?
"My name is Glory Ibis from London. I want to give out the sum of 10 million pounds which belongs to my late husband to charity organization to be used in helping the poor and less privileged. I am currently suffering from cancer of the Lung and in a hospital admission where the doctor has informed me that I may not live longer. I am giving out this money because I don’t have any child to inherit so the money will be meaningless if it is to be abandoned in the bank. I am contacting you because I want to share the money through you. You can keep 20% of the money for your personal use and expenses while the remaining 80% will go into charity work as you will wish to manage. I will give you more details once I hear from you soon. Delay from you will make me contact another person for this."
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May 18, 2018 11:24:03 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 11:24:03 GMT
Some years ago, my father in law, a University Professor of Statistics with many stultifyingly boring books published, first language not English, logged on to the internet and was in receipt of one of these kind offers. It was the devil's own job convincing him it was a scam, he just though we were being envious. Happily didn't fall for it in the end. So yes, even the most intelligent people can be tempted to fall foul of the scammers. My missus managed it a couple of years a go with one of those tax refund spam phishing emails. Fortunately she didn't incur any loss.
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May 18, 2018 12:38:42 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 12:38:42 GMT
I guess if English is your second language then you may not pick up on the terrible grammar in many of these posts. But surely wherever you are from and whatever language you speak you must realise that the chances of someone paying a stranger 10 squidrillion pounds are unlikely?
The tax refund schemes are quite clever. Protection from those only comes from "never click on a link".
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May 18, 2018 12:43:54 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 12:43:54 GMT
My father who is 83 and in full command of faculties frequently forwards me emails saying - is this real? Or "Take a look at this its amazing!" Had to wipe and reinstall his hard-drive twice in recent years....
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May 18, 2018 12:49:25 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 12:49:25 GMT
My Father panics on the telephone ones. I think with the internet ones he has time to think and consider and he is an intelligent and experienced man.
But when someone calls him and says "we've found all these viruses on your computer, quick, quick, it's an emergency, buy our service, give me access to your computer" the pressure to say or do something on a matter about which he knows nothing overwhelms him.
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May 18, 2018 13:29:30 GMT
via mobile
Post by WDB on May 18, 2018 13:29:30 GMT
I get some very well-wrought imitations of BT customer service emails. So do the other members of the family, although I can safely tell them to delete them as BT has no reason to write to them at all.
No parents left to worry about, although I suspect my dad would have coped just fine.
Greed and guilt lead to gullibility. If you're reasonably free of those, you're generally safe.
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May 18, 2018 13:30:38 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 13:30:38 GMT
S'me fucked then.
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