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Stupidest person in 2011?
Does this guy win the award for the stupidest person in 2011?
Just shows you why these scammers still send out spam mail, hoping to catch an idiot like this:
http://www.dailymail....-web-sheer-greed.html
Just shows you why these scammers still send out spam mail, hoping to catch an idiot like this:
http://www.dailymail....-web-sheer-greed.html
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Yes - he's a greedy fool - but the real villains are the inept, hand-wringing tw*ts at Ofcom who will not force the ISPs who deliver this rubbish to deal with it at source. That would remove the temptation from the venal idiots who reply to this stuff
It is no more 'impossible' to eliminate email spam than it is 'impossible' to stop spam telephone calls - it just suits the ISPs and telcos to do nothing - often because they actually make money from carrying/delivering the calls/emails.
It is no more 'impossible' to eliminate email spam than it is 'impossible' to stop spam telephone calls - it just suits the ISPs and telcos to do nothing - often because they actually make money from carrying/delivering the calls/emails.
Im sorry..I know it is cruel..but I havent stopped laughing yet!!
He manages,without telling his poor wife,and after e-mailing £50,000,to meet a Man of Mediterranean appearance at the gate at the end of his own driveway,in a village in Norfolk...and hands over £75,000 cash,in a plastic bag...Incredible..what a complete Dunce..they must be peeing themselves laughing,his mates in the Nick!!
He manages,without telling his poor wife,and after e-mailing £50,000,to meet a Man of Mediterranean appearance at the gate at the end of his own driveway,in a village in Norfolk...and hands over £75,000 cash,in a plastic bag...Incredible..what a complete Dunce..they must be peeing themselves laughing,his mates in the Nick!!
The
"brothers who run a local butcher’s shop (who) gave him £74,000; a farmer who had known Mr Stimpson for many years contributed £110,000; the godfather to one of Mr Stimpson’s children stumped up £90,000. Others ‘loaned’ him sums of £150,000, £85,000, £30,000, or £10,000."
must run him close, as must the others who fall for similar scams.
"brothers who run a local butcher’s shop (who) gave him £74,000; a farmer who had known Mr Stimpson for many years contributed £110,000; the godfather to one of Mr Stimpson’s children stumped up £90,000. Others ‘loaned’ him sums of £150,000, £85,000, £30,000, or £10,000."
must run him close, as must the others who fall for similar scams.
It doesn't seem to occur to anyone that he was in fact a very clever guy - the e-mail incident was all of his own making and he deliberately set out to defraud the gullible villagers, and was very successful at it until the end. The "end of the drive" tale was merely a ploy to add credibility, and the local yokels (albeit well-heeled yokels) were sucked in.
canary, i also wondered that... its seems too fantastical to believe anyone would be so relentlessly fooled and continue for so long against all the odds - especially someone with his apparent intellect and wealth...
i have no doubt the police have already thought of the double bluff angle but hes managed to convince them anyway...
i have no doubt the police have already thought of the double bluff angle but hes managed to convince them anyway...
Canary42 - I had already thought of that before I posted the original update, but wanted to see if anyone else suggested it. The whole thing seems a little untrue to me.
It could be that he wanted a divorce from his wife, but did not want to give her half his money. So he "pretends" to lose it to these lottery scammers, and is now broke (so he says) so has to give his wife nothing.
He may have the money hidden in a foreign bank account.
He now serves a couple of years in prison, and when he come out he has millions, and no wife to give half to.
It could be that he wanted a divorce from his wife, but did not want to give her half his money. So he "pretends" to lose it to these lottery scammers, and is now broke (so he says) so has to give his wife nothing.
He may have the money hidden in a foreign bank account.
He now serves a couple of years in prison, and when he come out he has millions, and no wife to give half to.
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