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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 08:52 AM
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Tell her no sale without naked pics.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 08:56 AM
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 08:59 AM
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Tell her you live in London too and you want to pick it up in person instead
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 08:59 AM
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Get her address and mail her a fake check.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by vincewchan,Jun 3 2009, 08:59 AM
Tell her you live in London too and you want to pick it up in person instead
I'd definitely love to see her reply on this LOL
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 09:17 AM
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 12:21 PM
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just tried replying but the email address (gmail) was shut down already
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by vincewchan,Jun 3 2009, 08:59 AM
Tell her you live in London too and you want to pick it up in person instead
no. it's too suspicious. Tell her that your cousin lives in London. Use google map to get a real address. Then see what her response is.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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A secretary who recently retired from the firm I work for called one of her former co-workers and said she was in contact with a Nigerian prince who needed help transferring money out of his country.

Everyone at the firm had heard of this scam and we all told her it was a fake - we even sent links to Snopes.com and several other websites that exposed the scam. SHE WOULDN'T BELIEVE US. She insisted this guy was legit and she wouldn't change her mind.

She's not a stupid lady - she's of normal intelligence, but her greed made her stupid. I don't know what ended up happening with her - I'm sure she caught on eventually, but damn she was completely ignoring the obvious in the hope of getting rich.

How dumb do scammers think we are? - they probably know that most people won't fall for their scam - but there's always the gullible few who make the scammer's efforts worthwhile.
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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 03:34 PM
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Seems like every Nigerian scammer is a prince. How flattering.
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