Do people actually fall for these things?

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

Who even has the PATIENCE to read through those stupid emails, let alone fall for them?

[Brandon13]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

Who even has the PATIENCE to read through those stupid emails, let alone fall for them?

Mostly old people.

[countryboy]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

You can use this to buy a new system Blzer.

LMAO

[cch99]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

My grandmother fell for one of the phishing scams from people who said they were here credit card company.

She went ot the site and put in her "updated" information. I think then a few weeks later she saw that she had some purchases on her card and called the police.

When she told me this I just shook my head. My grandmother is crazy. She is like Betty White's character from the Golden Girls.

[Chaos81]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

I just don't get how anyone could fall for "give us your bank account and other information and we'll give you the $30,000,000 that you had no idea you worked for".

How can anyone fall for any of the things people get warned about?

[Howie75]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

Sadly they do..but check out this website. Some cat with way too much time on his hands started f-ing with them whenever he received their emails.

http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

[MassNole]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

How can anyone fall for any of the things people get warned about?

It must be a problem in Connecticut, they run advertisements warning people of these scams. They generally involve someone coming up to them in person and pulling the scam with the saying "If you wouldn't fall for it here, why would you fall for it online."

[MassNole]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

Sadly they do..but check out this website. Some cat with way too much time on his hands started f-ing with them whenever he received their emails.

http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

When I tried selling my old TV on Craigslist I had responses from a Nigerian. I tried screwing with him but it just took him too damned long to respond. I guess he wasn't a motivated con artist.

[jmood88]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

How can anyone fall for any of the things people get warned about?

Like?

[PdiddyPop]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

Again just want everyone to know that thanks to pk I wouldn't have found this oceanfront in Omaha. Without him I'd be stuck in god awful North Carolina dealing with hot and then cold winter. Here it's summer all year around and don't even have to leave the front porch without seeing beach and ocean all around. Thanks pk!!!!!!

[Altimus]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

I'm going there for lunch this afternoon! Might have to skip on the bacon though, looks a little too greasy.

[Skyboxer]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

There are lots of scams people fall for. And yes I was one of them.
Everything seemed to be on the up and up. It all was formal and professional.
However as soon as I said "I do", I was screwed.
Live and learn I guess.

[nyisles16]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

the best is when I get these letters via fax at work.. funny stuff

[McLite]

Re: Do people actually fall for these things?

Yes people do. People will scam anybody anytime. A sucker is born every minute.

Here's a good one that people love to do to tourists on the strip. Find a laptop computer box. Put some magazines/phone books/etc... inside and then seal it back up. Then walk around dressed fairly nice and sell them to tourists for a few hundred bucks. Works great during CES.

If it's too good to be true...it probably is.