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From The Desk of Mr. Thompson John

I see that scamming is alive and well. I’ve just had a message "From The Desk of Mr. Thompson John" [sic], who purports to be the head of the auditing department in the Buckingham Palace Road branch of Barclays Bank in London. Yeah, sure. You’ll forgive me if I don’t bother to claim a share in the $10.5 million that you claim to have just lying around waiting for a sucker to send in their bank details to you.
 
Actually, there’s now an emerging sport of folks who spin out the line to these scammers. My favourite at the moment is the exchange between Lewis D. Noogie and the Contract Killers. Worth reading… 

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3 responses to “From The Desk of Mr. Thompson John”

  1. Tooty Avatar
    Tooty

    It’s hard to believe that anyone falls for this. But they do! It’s called greed. And sometimes hope. I believe that recently I nearly fell foul of a scammer – this time a suposed on-line literary agent. For someone who’s desperate I guess its worth a try. Not me.

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  2. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    Greed I have no time for. But hope, well yes, I can sympathise with that… But, lord, some folks must be truly bereft of hope if they fall for such geegaws as these lowlifes.

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  3. Gelert Avatar
    Gelert

    Man that was funny. I’ve considered playing with some of these scammers myself, but never done so. Excellent. The wonderful thing about these scams is the tragic stupidity of the scammers.

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