http://www.ivetriedthat.com We lose money so you don't have to! Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/the-continuing-saga-of-a-typical-nigerian-scam/nigerian-scam-initial-emails/comment-page-1/#comment-7526 Janita Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:43:23 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/nigerian-scam-initial-emails/#comment-7526 I've had two try to scam me through Yahoo Personals now. The first one I lead on through him actually sending his "fake" money orders through FedEx. They were stopped at the area hub thanks to my alerting FedEx and the Feds. Once I knew that the package had been stopped, I IM'd the jerk to notify him that his scam was devulged, then blocked his address. The second one I didn't even bother with trying the reverse scam as the Feds can't do much about these guys without the help of the Nigerian government. So, I straight out told the guy that I was on to his scam and told him that I had forwarded his address to the authorities, then blocked his address. Now I just block the addresses. It's really sad that people still fall for this crap. I’ve had two try to scam me through Yahoo Personals now. The first one I lead on through him actually sending his “fake” money orders through FedEx. They were stopped at the area hub thanks to my alerting FedEx and the Feds. Once I knew that the package had been stopped, I IM’d the jerk to notify him that his scam was devulged, then blocked his address. The second one I didn’t even bother with trying the reverse scam as the Feds can’t do much about these guys without the help of the Nigerian government. So, I straight out told the guy that I was on to his scam and told him that I had forwarded his address to the authorities, then blocked his address. Now I just block the addresses. It’s really sad that people still fall for this crap.

]]> http://www.ivetriedthat.com/the-continuing-saga-of-a-typical-nigerian-scam/nigerian-scam-initial-emails/comment-page-1/#comment-7297 Jessie Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:46:20 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/nigerian-scam-initial-emails/#comment-7297 :facepalm: wow that's awesome. I got something similar to this once and replied and said I was Charles Tripp Tucker the 3rd (star trek character) and that I was an aquamarine biology professor at the university of pheonix in alaska. They took me seriously--it was the best thing ever. :facepalm: wow that’s awesome. I got something similar to this once and replied and said I was Charles Tripp Tucker the 3rd (star trek character) and that I was an aquamarine biology professor at the university of pheonix in alaska. They took me seriously–it was the best thing ever.

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