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Best 419 scam ever
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WhaMe
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Apr 17, 2004, 10:29 AM
 
I found this article on Slashdot:

Please help this astronaut get back home.
     
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Apr 17, 2004, 10:45 AM
 
(i think you might want to change your location. i've got a sneaky suspicion you mean "unabomber," not "Uni-Bomber")
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Apr 17, 2004, 11:46 AM
 
Nigerian Scam 4 EVER
     
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Apr 17, 2004, 12:00 PM
 
     
WhaMe  (op)
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Apr 17, 2004, 02:11 PM
 
Originally posted by philzilla:
(i think you might want to change your location. i've got a sneaky suspicion you mean "unabomber," not "Uni-Bomber")
Duly noted. Thanks Phil!
     
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Apr 17, 2004, 02:18 PM
 
If that's the best, I would hate to see the worst.

Send us $100,000 in non-sequential $20 bill in a brown paper bag...
     
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Apr 17, 2004, 02:22 PM
 
You know how many idiots a year fall for this?

I say good for the guys for trying.

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Apr 17, 2004, 02:28 PM
 
That is definitely the king of 419's. I got three in one day last week, but only one was something new. I was getting a request to help a Bulgarian woman on her death bed close out an account to get money for a cancer operation. Her family had looted her other accounts (?!) and this was her last chance. The others were the garden-variety "Nigerian Oil Company" speil and the "last heir to a throne" speil. Geez, if you're going to spam me, please just DON'T BORE me!
     
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Apr 17, 2004, 03:25 PM
 
that is funny.

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