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| Mar 11th, 2009 02:55 PM | ||
| ZeldaQueen |
Best one I've heard of is the Honor Virus. You get an e-mail that tells you you've gotten a virus on the honor system and that you must forward this e-mail to all of your friends and then delete your own hard drive. I have no idea if someone's actually followed through, but chances are someone has. Quote:
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| Mar 11th, 2009 02:04 PM | ||
| Dimnos |
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Thats priceless.
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| Mar 11th, 2009 01:50 PM | ||
| Evil Robot | The best one is where they say that one of your friends hires aa hit man to kill you, but he would like to give you the chance to buy your way out of this. | |
| Mar 11th, 2009 01:31 PM | ||
| Dimnos |
With as often as I alone see these scams they must work quite often. Like squared said, you wouldnt see them if they didnt work. It hurts my brain to try and imagine how many stupid people must fall for these scams that are so obviously a scam. Im starting to think if I just sent out emails asking people right out for their bank account numbers I could just quit my job. Hi, Im with the electric company and we show that you have not payed your bill for this past month. If you would only provide your name, address and bank account I could clear this right up for you. Otherwise we will be forced to turn off your power. Thank you very much. Dimnos@someshitthatsoundsnothinglikeyourpowercompa ny.com |
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| Mar 11th, 2009 12:39 PM | ||
| pac-man |
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| Mar 11th, 2009 12:15 PM | ||
| b_squared | I don't think you would see them if they didn't work. I can understand how people could be tricked if they clicked a link to those fake paypal scams or Visa ones because they look real with the logos they use. | |
| Mar 11th, 2009 11:02 AM | ||
| Dimnos |
You have won the Great Britan Loto! Not a day goes by where I dont get some email or another about how I have just won the grand prize in the British loto. The way my in box tells it, I have to be both the luckiest and richest men in the world. I supposedly win about a million bucks a day. We all know this is a scam where they are just fishing for your personal info. I mean really how the hell can someone living in the US and who has never even been to the UK win their loto? I know there are some DUMB people out there but this just seams to be so asinine. You might have as much luck knocking on someones door with one of those big novelty checks and claim they can win it all if they can just hold their breath for five minutes, only to rob them blind when they pass out. How can this scam work so well that they continue to do it so often? Is it really that successful of a scam? Perhaps Im in the wrong business. 
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