Xoom.com

[weegeebored]

Anyone use this service? I'd like to hear if people have had problems or if the service is ok.

[Mustang]

Just so you know, the guy from Nigeria doesn't really have $20M

[Marc Vaughan]

Just so you know, the guy from Nigeria doesn't really have $20M

All I know is that Nigeria HAS to be the richest country in the world, I've had 5 different Nigerians want to transfer vast wadges of cash into my account this month alone ... I'd love to say 'yes' but after the first one the bank told me their vault was full and I had to spend some before they'd let me put any more in ;)

(do people REALLY fall for these scams, no seriously ....... I mean someone must or they wouldn't do them ....?)

[Pumpy Tudors]

(do people REALLY fall for these scams, no seriously ....... I mean someone must or they wouldn't do them ....?)
I used to work with somebody who did. She was only about 19 years old and obviously very naive. Her bank account got cleaned out. Not good times for a pregnant college student. I think she recovered relatively quickly, but it required her to drop out of school for a couple of years and move back in with her parents, who happened to be about 1500 miles away.

[JonInMiddleGA]

(do people REALLY fall for these scams, no seriously ....... I mean someone must or they wouldn't do them ....?)

A dating service variation was covered in today's Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-nigeria_scam_monsep14,0,4098047.story) as a matter of fact. It cites the most recent released figure: $4.7 BILLION dollars worldwide in 2007.

[JAG]

A dating service variation was covered in today's Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-nigeria_scam_monsep14,0,4098047.story) as a matter of fact. It cites the most recent released figure: $4.7 BILLION dollars worldwide in 2007.

As more people get hip to their techniques, the scammers adapt, law-enforcement officials said, to target untapped audiences and potential profit. Tom Brady, inspector in charge for the Chicago division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, said the scams are the same. They're just "packaged differently."

"Nigerian scammers are very skilled at changing their methods in order to avoid detection, like safeties walking to the line of scrimmage then dropping back into deep coverage. They are 'chameleon-like' in their approach," Brady said in an e-mail. "They want the American public to gain a false sense of comfort."

Man, there is nothing that guy can't do.




ok, I admit I added the line about the safeties

[RainMaker]

I've been using it for 3 years now to pay for outsourced work overseas. Never had a problem with it.

[Mustang]

I've been using it for 3 years now to pay for outsourced work overseas. Never had a problem with it.

Jesus. We are offshoring rainmaking now to other countries? We're screwed....

[weegeebored]

Just so you know, the guy from Nigeria doesn't really have $20MActually, it's an investment. I'm getting in on the ground floor on a 200 mpg carburetor to be sold in the U.S. by Ron Popeil. I need to send the money to Ron's agent in China, a man named Wang Chung.

So, does Xoom.com provided a good service or no?

[Big Fo]

Jesus. We are offshoring rainmaking now to other countries? We're screwed....

It's time for Pacman Jones to be named US Ambassador to India.

[RainMaker]

As I said, it's a good service and I've had no issues with it. The only gripe would be that using a credit card charges a pretty high rate vs using a checking account (believe it's $35 fee vs $8 fee).

It's a legit company that is used by a ton of people who outsource programming or design work overseas to countries Paypal won't touch.

[weegeebored]

Thanks, RM.