Woman Loses $400,000 To Nigerian Scam!

[Iain Ainsworth]

Who says Spam dosen't pay!

Scams: Woman Loses $400,000 To Nigerian Email Scam

Dear oh dear...

[sunwestdog]

Originally Posted by Iain Ainsworth

Who says Spam dosen't pay!

Scams: Woman Loses $400,000 To Nigerian Email Scam

Dear oh dear...

Nigeria is synonimous with scam. Has been for as long as I can remember. Sad some haven't gotten the word yet.

[Chris Lockwood]

It's amazing she was able to come up with that much cash.

[Bill Farnham]

---"Driven by blind greed, she sent over $400,000 to the scammers, draining her and her husband's savings, retirement fund, mortgaged the house and put a lien on the car.

Despite warning from family and friends for over two years that it was a scam, she was obsessed with getting the jackpot."---


You have to pity the family of a person like that. She got what she deserved. Too bad she didn't care more for her family than she did for the money.

Is there a lesson here for the rest of us...?

KJ

[Teenage Genius]

The woman deserved what she had comming to her, the silly lemon.

Only bad thing is she had a family. You know one of thems gonna be beating her pretty badly.

[MommyEnterprises]

That is really a shame for those that are suffering from her mistakes.

[justbill]

What a dreadful story.

It is so sad to see somebody so obsessed with greed destroy her family like that. A very tough lesson to learn.

I feel really sad for her and her family.

Bill

[Angela V. Edwards]

This is exactly the type of person I was trying to help when I helped shut down some of this Nigerian scamming. You can read the story here:

The Daily World

If the scammer is a United States national or is operating inside the U.S., he or she can go to prison for this.

Originally Posted by justbill

What a dreadful story.

It is so sad to see somebody so obsessed with greed destroy her family like that. A very tough lesson to learn.

I feel really sad for her and her family.

Bill

[Jakehyten]

Wait a second... So I'm REALLY not getting 4.4 million pounds? But I think my case is different. I was corresponding directly with the kings son who is in exile and needed my help!

[Iain Ainsworth]

It truly is amazing that greed can take hold of a person to such a devastating extent.

It makes me wonder how many others have been similarly duped (albeit for lesser amounts), and kept quiet for the shame of it.

Very sad.

[FrankMcLoughlin]

Originally Posted by Killer Joe

---"Driven by blind greed, she sent over $400,000 to the scammers, draining her and her husband's savings, retirement fund, mortgaged the house and put a lien on the car.

Despite warning from family and friends for over two years that it was a scam, she was obsessed with getting the jackpot."---


You have to pity the family of a person like that. She got what she deserved. Too bad she didn't care more for her family than she did for the money.

Is there a lesson here for the rest of us...?

KJ

The lesson is that mental illness can manifest in some curious ways

[warriorprocessing]

Greed destroys. This is why the US is in such financial trouble right now.

[Iain Ainsworth]

Originally Posted by warriorprocessing

Greed destroys. This is why the US is in such financial trouble right now.

Don't you mean the whole world? :-(

[Angela V. Edwards]

Originally Posted by Iain Ainsworth

Don't you mean the whole world? :-(

Yeah. How sad, huh?

[Ben_Curtis]

Don't you think she would have gotten the idea after the first hundred-thousand? Unbelievable!

Ben Curtis Internet Marketing Resources - Ben's Marketing Magic

[Iain Ainsworth]

Originally Posted by Angela V. Edwards

Yeah. How sad, huh?

It is a little...but exciting too!

Perhaps our misguided soul should apply to the government for a bail-out?

Seems the way these days when huge & stupid gambles go astray.

[Nick Brighton]

Shocking. The naivety of some people is outstanding. I do worry for some folks...seriously, how do they survive day to day?

Truth is, the general public is far more susceptible to scams and fraud than we realize. My mum told me the other day about an email she received from her bank telling her to log into the "site" to verify her details. If she hadn't mentioned it to me, she would have gone ahead and lost her cash.

These peices of vermin are unstoppable and are virtually pillaging the elderly and the decent, unsuspecting, law abiding, hard working and trusting people of this world.

[Justin Mandel]

What crime could she be charged with besides besides being guilty of sheer stupidity?

She only stopped because the DoJ told her if she sent any more money they would charge her with a crime

[Emailrevealer]

Originally Posted by Iain Ainsworth

It truly is amazing that greed can take hold of a person to such a devastating extent.

It makes me wonder how many others have been similarly duped (albeit for lesser amounts), and kept quiet for the shame of it.

Very sad.

I get emails every single day from people that got duped from the classic Nigerian scam.

There are many more elaborate ones but the standard Nigerian scam still gets thousands of people a year.

Some Americans are running the scam now and try to make it look like they're overseas.

[Jigar Banker]

People scamming the scammers. Check it out...

Welcome to the 419 Eater

[Li Weng]

Wow, she pretty much sent over everything they've got? What a decision to make.

[Angela V. Edwards]

Originally Posted by Justin Mandel

What crime could she be charged with besides besides being guilty of sheer stupidity?

If the DOJ told her that what these people were doing was illegal and she sent them more money, she could be charged with being an accessory to a crime.

[Mike Bogowski]

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me!

This woman is a complete fool...

[Floyd Fisher]

Originally Posted by Justin Mandel

What crime could she be charged with besides besides being guilty of sheer stupidity?

I could think of about a dozen. I wish the law would hit one of these idiots just once....it would make for quite the cautionary tale when some mark gets 99 years.

[Alex Sol]

Pretty old news - funny but sad...
I don't want to insult Nigerian internet marketers, but I hope they understand why Clickbank, eBay, Paypal and many other still do not accept this country...

[Angela V. Edwards]

Originally Posted by Floyd Fisher

I could think of about a dozen. I wish the law would hit one of these idiots just once....it would make for quite the cautionary tale when some mark gets 99 years.

The law DID hit one of those "idiots" (actually, this person was willingly HELPING the Nigerian Scammers). Had she not pleaded down, she would have gotten 30 YEARS, too.

Woman who helps Nigerian Scammer gets prison time

This story was all over the Internet when it broke, too.

[Marian Berghes]

Originally Posted by sunwestdog

Nigeria is synonimous with scam. Has been for as long as I can remember. Sad some haven't gotten the word yet.

Now...I don't want to play the role of the devils advocate, but that comment is SO out of line...at least for me... Mostly because thats what alot of people have said above my country and my people, and that got us shot off from clickbank and paypal for about 2-3 years...just because X number of bastards did scam people or something like that...it doesn't mean that the entire nation is like that...
And I am pretty sure that Nigeria isn't full of scammers ...

[Mark Brian]

I don't know what to say on this but think I will side on the scammers on this one! Good job on spotting greedy victims! Big price learning the lesson: you don't need to pay to get you paid!

[Justin Mandel]

Well, I guess it's kind of like being in a casino.

You keep putting money into the slot machine and keep on hoping that it will hit.

An internet based email driven slot machine - that's pretty smart (in a shady way)!

[discrat]

Originally Posted by Marian Berghes

Now...I don't want to play the role of the devils advocate, but that comment is SO out of line...at least for me... Mostly because thats what alot of people have said above my country and my people, and that got us shot off from clickbank and paypal for about 2-3 years...just because X number of bastards did scam people or something like that...it doesn't mean that the entire nation is like that...
And I am pretty sure that Nigeria isn't full of scammers ...

I venture to say the US has way way more scammmers per Capita than Nigeria !! Easily !!!

[Paul Schlegel]

Angela,

That is great that you helped out like that. No doubt you prevented heartache and financial loss for an untold number of people.

Paul Schlegel

[Angela V. Edwards]

Thank you, Peter. I certainly hope so. That was my goal.

[Spike SpiegelIM]

It's just hard to believe somebody would actually believe in such racket. If it's too good to be true, then maybe it is. I remember this particular website that makes fun of these 401 scammers, they'll act as if they fell into the charade and lead the scammers to nothing and just waste their time. Hilarious!!

[himanuzo]

The Nigerian scammers must repent!!

[Cash Blasters Online]

If it's true it's sad, that scam has been around for many many years.
It's sad...I think the scam artist should be scammed. Have virus attacks sent back to them......but I am just talking.

[Kevin Riley]

Originally Posted by sunwestdog

Nigeria is synonimous with scam. Has been for as long as I can remember. Sad some haven't gotten the word yet.

This is an unfair and stereotypical comment to make. I know two Nigerian IMers and they are continually fighting this stereotypical bias. Don't paint the whole country with the same brush.

[yommys01]

Poor woman but I will like to make a correction here, not all NIGERIANS are scammers. I am a NIGERIAN and not a scam. I hate the impression that all NIGERIANS are scammers.

There are scammers in the UK and USA, it is every where in the world and not NIGERIA alone.

Yah I am defending my country.

[Jenni Mac]

Originally Posted by yommys01

Poor woman but I will like to make a correction here, not all NIGERIANS are scammers. I am a NIGERIAN and not a scam. I hate the impression that all NIGERIANS are scammers.

There are scammers in the UK and USA, it is every where in the world and not NIGERIA alone.

Yah I am defending my country.

Well said Yommys

Very lazy stereotyping that often does more harm than good!

[Richard Tunnah]

Originally Posted by Iain Ainsworth

Who says Spam dosen't pay!

Scams: Woman Loses $400,000 To Nigerian Email Scam

Dear oh dear...

You've think most sane people would stop quickly and realise they'd been done!

Rich

[Richard Tunnah]

Originally Posted by Iain Ainsworth

It truly is amazing that greed can take hold of a person to such a devastating extent.

It makes me wonder how many others have been similarly duped (albeit for lesser amounts), and kept quiet for the shame of it.

Very sad.

There was a women in my local York paper Ian that had sent £25K to these type of scammers about 4/5 years back over the period of 6 weeks. All her lifesavings as well. What was worse was she was an admin manager! [:0]

Rich

[valerieSONORA]

I just can't believe anyone with an IQ above 60 could be so naiive. If she's a nurse she's at least of average intelligence but how can anyone possibly be scammed out of $400,000 like that?? At what point do you say, gee, something's not right here? $1,000, $10,000, $400,000?! I'm just astounded. If it was $20 it would be different, but $400,000!!! How many years does the average joe have to work to make that?

Also, most Nigerians are good people, but the scammers have given Nigeria a bad reputation. Only a small minority of Nigerians are scammers. There are probably more scammers in America, the Nigerian ones just made it famous. I'm surprised this woman managed to not hear about the scams. I've first heard about years ago.

[valerieSONORA]

Ok I just read the original article and president Bush sent her letters asking her to do the transfer so the terrorists wouldn't get it.

When Spears began to doubt the scam, she got letters from the President of Nigeria, FBI Director Mueller, and President Bush. Terrorists could get the money if she did not help, Bush’s letter said. Spears continued to send funds. All the letters were fake, of course.

lol it would be funny if it weren't sad.

[Memo]

When talking about scammers. In two days now, I have been getting emails from so called paypal. But It is a scam. I got the first email yesterday coming from service@paypal.com. I got suspicius and sent the email to spoof@paypal.com to check it out and guess what, it was a scam. So called fraudulent email. I threw the emails and changed my password and security questions in my account.

So be careful when you get emails like this from paypal

Mehmet

[Memo]

By the way, this was the emails I got:

From: service@paypal.com <service@paypail.com>
Date: 2008/11/17
Subject: Notification of Limited Account Access

Dear Mehmet Onatli,

PayPal Resolution Center: Your account is limited.

Why is my account access limited?

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. During a recent screening, we noticed an issue
regarding your account:

Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.

(Your case ID for this reason is PP-0041310.)

How can I restore my account access?

For your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause. In order to assist us with this security measure, we ask that you send us a photocopy or scan of one document
from each of the two categories listed below and return them via email to security@paypalfraudcheck.com :

1) Personal identification - a copy of one photographic ID from the following list:

- Passport - Driving license - National Identification card

2) Address verification - a copy of one of the following (online statements not accepted):

- Utility bill - less than 3 months old

- Bank statement - less than 3 months old

Completing all of the checklist items will automatically restore your account access.

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal an eBay Company

-------------------------------------

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal
account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

PayPal Email ID PP-0041310.

------------------------------------------------------------

From: service@paypal.com <service@paypail.com>
Date: 2008/11/18
Subject: Notification of Limited Account Access

Dear Mehmet Onatli ,

PayPal Resolution Center: Your account is limited.

Why is my account access limited?

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. During a recent screening, we noticed an issue
regarding your account:

Our system detected unusual number of invalid logging attempts on you account from these blacklist ip address.

(Your case ID for this reason is PP-0042310.)

How can I restore my account access?

For your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause. In order to assist us with this security measure, we ask that you send us a photocopy or scan documents listed
below and return them via email to security@paypalfraudcheck.com :

- A clear copy of your Passport or Photographic Drivers Licence or I.D. Card (both sides).

- A clear copy of both sides of the credit/debit card on your Paypal profile.

- A clear copy of a recent bank statement or utility bill on which your name and address are clearly visible - less than 3 months old.

Completing all of the checklist items will automatically restore your account access

Thank you for using PayPal!

-------------------------------------

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal
account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

[macomX]

Let me just throw a word about this. I really don't know how many of you here believe in GOD. Most nigerian scammers have gone diabolical, they now employ divinations and consult with spiritual wicked forces. You will be amazed if you are told what these guys do.
She might have not been in her right senses. BLACK POWER. From when she opened her email to the series of calls she got, to the greed that suddenly came over her, she could have been controlled.

Guys you better pray that you dont fall into the hands of such evil.
Stop condeming her, instead pray that she finds strenght to pull through.
Pray for yourselfs also. So that you do not fall prey to the snare of the wicked one. Stay blessed.

[Mike McBride]

Originally Posted by macomX

Let me just throw a word about this. I really don't know how many of you here believe in GOD. Most nigerian scammers have gone diabolical, they now employ divinations and consult with spiritual wicked forces. You will be amazed if you are told what these guys do.
She might have not been in her right senses. BLACK POWER. From when she opened her email to the series of calls she got, to the greed that suddenly came over her, she could have been controlled.

Guys you better pray that you dont fall into the hands of such evil.
Stop condeming her, instead pray that she finds strenght to pull through.
Pray for yourselfs also. So that you do not fall prey to the snare of the wicked one. Stay blessed.

Looks like it's tin-foil-hat time ...

[valerieSONORA]

Originally Posted by macomX

Let me just throw a word about this. I really don't know how many of you here believe in GOD. Most nigerian scammers have gone diabolical, they now employ divinations and consult with spiritual wicked forces. You will be amazed if you are told what these guys do.
She might have not been in her right senses. BLACK POWER. From when she opened her email to the series of calls she got, to the greed that suddenly came over her, she could have been controlled.

Guys you better pray that you dont fall into the hands of such evil.
Stop condeming her, instead pray that she finds strenght to pull through.
Pray for yourselfs also. So that you do not fall prey to the snare of the wicked one. Stay blessed.

You mean black magic? You think they placed a spell on her?

[macomX]

Yes. They might have placed a spell on her. This explains alot of her actions. Sometimes when these guys cold call their victims they wear charms and amulets which has a kind of spiritual impact on the victims.
Scammers found out that it's not business as usual. With all the awareness it became harder by the day to scam people around the world.

And since they have no other source of income corpuled with the fact that the money they hit is lavishly wasted they had to divise very strange means of duping people.

So they turned to the DEVIL.

Am not tring to scare you. It's a fact. Like they say you are better prepared when you have the right knowlege. You have to pray always
because this can happen to anyone who is not spiritually minded.
Thanks

[Jason Pereira]

Originally Posted by macomX

Yes. They might have placed a spell on her. This explains alot of her actions. Sometimes when these guys cold call their victims they wear charms and amulets which has a kind of spiritual impact on the victims.
Scammers found out that it's not business as usual. With all the awareness it became harder by the day to scam people around the world.

And since they have no other source of income corpuled with the fact that the money they hit is lavishly wasted they had to divise very strange means of duping people.

So they turned to the DEVIL.

Am not tring to scare you. It's a fact. Like they say you are better prepared when you have the right knowlege. You have to pray always
because this can happen to anyone who is not spiritually minded.
Thanks

Stop talking horse ****.

[Mike McBride]

So they turned to the DEVIL.

You mean they got PayPal to help them?

Checking calendar now ... yep, it's 2008 ... unless I'm under a spell.