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GenrXr Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 1720 Location: Houston
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:47 am Post subject: |
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Thanks powsmia for one of the best laughs enjoyed in the past year. After it was read to length though, there was a feeling of this guy knows the criminal mind too well. Hopefully, the author of this piece is an honorable person and not someone of past criminal nature who is now using his knowledge of the weak to parlay it into personal gain.
Regardless, the author of this counter-scam is brilliant and wait for his conclusion.
This reminded me of one of my earlier posts Tattoo's the jokes on you, too bad its so sad
Sadiq should of read it. ![Smile](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) _________________ "An activist is the person who cleans up the water, not the one claiming its dirty."
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Founder of Conservative Philosophy |
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="GenrXr"]Thanks powsmia for one of the best laughs enjoyed in the past year. After it was read to length though, there was a feeling of this guy knows the criminal mind too well. Hopefully, the author of this piece is an honorable person and not someone of past criminal nature who is now using his knowledge of the weak to parlay it into personal gain.
Regardless, the author of this counter-scam is brilliant and wait for his conclusion.
This reminded me of one of my earlier posts Tattoo's the jokes on you, too bad its so sad
the author is on the up and up. that's his website and he has a lot more scams on it. |
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homesteader PO3
Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 294 Location: wisconsin
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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I love it when scammers get scammed but there is something unsettling about this one. This poor chump Sadiq was offering nothing in return for his request for a handout. At worst he was lying about why he wanted the money and was fishing for some gullible softy to send him some charity. There was no promise of lost accounts or other sources of sudden wealth to the donor. Maybe it is more reprehensible to scam the soft hearted as it is to hook the greedy who bite on promises of immediate and unearned wealth.
BTW, I do not know about the Nigeria page of the passport but the visa page contains a stamp from a US Consolate that looks legit. The "Application Recieved" stamp is what is stamped into a passport when an application for a visa to the US is rejected. Applicants for visas to the US know that getting an "Application Recieved" stamp is the kiss of death with regards to getting a visa. Diehard applicants will change names and get new passports after getting that stamp (or just go to the nearest Canadian or Mexican consulate). That stamp is the first thing US consulor officers look for and it is unusual for them to overrule previous rulings or rulings of other consulates. I'd like to see Inspector Morse ask Sadiq why he was turned down for entry to the US and to send a copy of his Hajj visa. |
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GenrXr Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:59 am Post subject: |
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homesteader wrote: | I love it when scammers get scammed but there is something unsettling about this one. This poor chump Sadiq was offering nothing in return for his request for a handout. At worst he was lying about why he wanted the money and was fishing for some gullible softy to send him some charity. There was no promise of lost accounts or other sources of sudden wealth to the donor. Maybe it is more reprehensible to scam the soft hearted as it is to hook the greedy who bite on promises of immediate and unearned wealth.
BTW, I do not know about the Nigeria page of the passport but the visa page contains a stamp from a US Consolate that looks legit. The "Application Recieved" stamp is what is stamped into a passport when an application for a visa to the US is rejected. Applicants for visas to the US know that getting an "Application Recieved" stamp is the kiss of death with regards to getting a visa. Diehard applicants will change names and get new passports after getting that stamp (or just go to the nearest Canadian or Mexican consulate). That stamp is the first thing US consulor officers look for and it is unusual for them to overrule previous rulings or rulings of other consulates. I'd like to see Inspector Morse ask Sadiq why he was turned down for entry to the US and to send a copy of his Hajj visa. |
Understand your concern and it is well thought out and shows your compassion and care for justice, yet this Nigerian is a criminal. The Nigerians are adjusting their scams the same way the short/long con do when a certain scam dries up. They are grifters who are always going to use the old play book as well as invent new plays to add to it. This con is actually a very old one which is very effective. Play the part of a respectable young member of society who needs a helping hand to continue on with the right road in their life, yet in truth they are not what they claim to be. They are nothing more than someone looking for a easy buck at the expense of the caring.
The brilliance of the counter strike is how the person turns the short con into a long confidence counter con. He gains the confidence of the short con Nigerian and turns it into a long con with devestating results. He also manages to mark the criminal, which is similar to what the Puritans did to adulterers with the red letter A, also known as the Scarlett Letter. _________________ "An activist is the person who cleans up the water, not the one claiming its dirty."
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Founder of Conservative Philosophy |
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:36 am Post subject: |
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one episode lists a counter con where the nigerian has to send in the entire harry potter book in longhand. for handwriting analysis.
he must've stayed awake for a week. |
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lonevoice Lt.Jg.
Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 105 Location: OKC and God help me, stuck in Wichita now...
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:47 am Post subject: |
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ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!
Check out this site for more "Scamming the scammers":
http://www.bustedupcowgirl.com/scampage.html _________________ It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
-Mother Teresa
If it's not a baby, you're not pregnant.
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