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« on: May 21, 2005, 12:45:11 PM »
If you get a PM from akujmartins asking for money, do NOT respond! It is a scam.
Report the message to the admins.
 It is known as the "Nigerion money scam". You can read about it here:http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp
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« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2005, 12:48:42 PM »
Yea I got it in the mail today :haha:
I reported it to .s1,and deleted the email,I knew right away that this was some gay b.s Laughing
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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2005, 12:50:35 PM »
I received it twice in my PM. I reported it right away. I can't even begin to know how many times I've received a varint of it in an e-mail.
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« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2005, 12:55:08 PM »
This was my first time today,but it sure caught me by surprise :haha:
I saw it and was like wtf,and I thoght it was only happening to me Laughing
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« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2005, 01:00:52 PM »
Nope, not just you. That scam was around before the internet. I guess they started out by mail, then moved on to faxing. I've heard a few dozen or more (probably more) people fall for the scam every year, and loose their life savings.
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« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2005, 01:15:13 PM »
Quote from: netmasta on May 21, 2005, 01:00:52 PM
Nope, not just you. That scam was around before the internet. I guess they started out by mail, then moved on to faxing. I've heard a few dozen or more (probably more) people fall for the scam every year, and loose their life savings.

Wow,I never knew it was this serious,and when you mean lose their life savings,u mean the whole thing?
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« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2005, 01:26:12 PM »
Yup, all of it. You see, the people in this kind of scam convince you to give them your bank account numbers. You can probably guess what happens next.

The  FTC and FBI have been dealing with the scam for years. It's hard to catch these guys though, because mostly of them are operating out of countries that aren't cooperating with international officials.
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« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2005, 02:05:25 PM »
Yea it figures,thats why they call it the Nigerian scam lol,and who in their right minds would listen to such a thing anyway.
I have to be crazy to give my bank account away lol
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« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2005, 02:26:57 PM »
akujmartins has been banned

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« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2005, 02:30:10 PM »
Hey Ca3le,how the hell did he find this site in the first place? Laughing
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« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2005, 02:53:27 PM »
It's amazing that people will still fall for something like that, especially in this day and age.............  Sad
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« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2005, 03:25:56 PM »
i would suggest u guys read this
http://www.aa419.org/flashmobs/current-mob.php

and contribute with bandwidth by clicking here
http://aa419.org/vampire/ladvampire.html
it just leeches off picture from the scam banks website to try to shut them down

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« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2005, 05:12:29 PM »
Quote from: just- on May 21, 2005, 03:25:56 PM
i would suggest u guys read this
http://www.aa419.org/flashmobs/current-mob.php

and contribute with bandwidth by clicking here
http://aa419.org/vampire/ladvampire.html
it just leeches off picture from the scam banks website to try to shut them down

Just-

Haha,thats fun,im stealing bandwidth as we speak.Those bastards deserve it :haha:
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« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2005, 05:34:25 PM »
Quote from: DJVangelis on May 21, 2005, 05:12:29 PM
Haha,thats fun,im stealing bandwidth as we speak.Those bastards deserve it :haha:
Yea evil6
I had to stop at around 50MB so my internet is still usable though Sad
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« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2005, 06:27:51 PM »
Quote from: DJVangelis on May 21, 2005, 05:12:29 PM
Haha,thats fun,im stealing bandwidth as we speak.Those bastards deserve it :haha:

downloading images @ 335 kbs, will leave running till my comp freezes again Smile

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