Nigerian Prince 2.0

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94) 06/16/2020 at 15:32 • Filed to: None

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The classic scam is just laughable at this point, and frankly if you’re under 70 and fall for it... I don’t know what to say. But this version I find completely vile. Not because it makes light of the pandemic, frankly I don’t care too much about that. IMO if a thing exists, there’s a 99% chance a good joke can be made out of it. But trying to make your way into someone’s bank account on the back of legit pandemic response is revolting.

I don’t know why I expected more out of someone who already revealed themselves as a chronic asshole, but... ( •_• )

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 06/16/2020 at 15:46

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What happens if you email them from a burner account I wonder?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 06/16/2020 at 15:48

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Been considering it.

I for got to include it in the post, but honestly one of the motives for posting this was to give anyone who wanted it a brand new spam email

ranwhenparked > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 06/16/2020 at 15:57

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Crap like this is one of many reasons I’m glad I don’t work in banking anymore. Hardly a week went by without having to sit at least one elderly customer down in my office and explain why they should stop wiring money to people like this. 

user314 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 06/16/2020 at 16:05

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You forge t though, there are countless people every day that are just starting on the interwebs , have no history or knowledge of these scams, and are greedy enough that this will over ride whatever sense that they do have.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > user314 06/16/2020 at 16:09

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This was sent via fax. Which I suppose makes it more likely to find a target in some ways.

Doesn’t change my opinion. Standard letter - lazy “My First Little Con” DIY kit. This - still lazy, but also words don’t exist for my contempt.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ranwhenparked 06/16/2020 at 16:12

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Ooof... brutal.

So glad my older brother is a gatekeeper for most of my parents’ money (what little there is of it).

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 06/16/2020 at 16:18

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Do it

For science

ranwhenparked > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 06/16/2020 at 16:29

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So many people don’t have someone like that, or did, and pushed them away because they kept intervening to stop fraud. 

ranwhenparked > user314 06/16/2020 at 17:03

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These are intentionally written to be obviously a scam, with deliberately bad grammar. The point is to filter out anyone with even a slight ounce of common sense, so only the absolute most gullible and naive will fall for it, because once they have their hooks in a mark like that, they can keep on squeezing them for all they’ve got. 

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 06/16/2020 at 17:09

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I like the cut of your jib.

- Judge Smails

A Boy and His Longtail > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 06/16/2020 at 18:04

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I thought it looked on paper. From their perspective, that’s a niche target if they are hoping for a fax scam to work.

just-a-scratch > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 06/16/2020 at 18:55

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Here is s ome guidance from James Vietch.

https://www.ted.com/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email/up-next