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money stolen - 1/19/2010 7:05:22 AM   
pahunkboy


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Kriner, of Milton, told police he stole the money from the association and the Harvest Festival in order to help a man he met on the Internet who was from Harrisburg and was stuck in Nigeria after going there on vacation./

http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_018235731.html?keyword=topstory


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RE: money stolen - 1/19/2010 7:16:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		Why wasn't that man's parents weeded out of the gene pool by P.T. Barnum?

srrsly, so sad - a foolish buy apparently nice, middle of the road average American, and his life is literally ruined. but I am still flabergasted - i didn't think anyone FELL for that crap. This certainly belongs in random stupidity

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RE: money stolen - 1/19/2010 7:17:20 AM   
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RE: money stolen - 1/19/2010 7:22:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		So guy online ruined the Milton harvest festival.  LOLOL... and the mark may go to prison over it.

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RE: money stolen - 1/19/2010 7:28:40 AM   
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RE: money stolen - 1/19/2010 7:30:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		Oh, look not only collarme has nigerian scammers, they are all over the net!!!!!!

That sucks, I wanted us to be the only one, or am I the only one?

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RE: money stolen - 1/19/2010 7:45:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		unfortunately these scams do work - otherwise they wouldnt be doing it for so long. They only need one victim occasionally remember, and unfortunately there are some people who can be and are suckered in readily. Equally though its one of those where although some people can be fooled all the time, all can be fooled some of the time - just depends on the scam.

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RE: money stolen - 1/20/2010 9:24:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		The 'to buy art' part kept confusing me. I was discussing this with my mother, who explained the obvious - the con artiest promised to buy cheap local art to fly home with him and give the mark the profits when it sells for much more in America.

that makes sense to me. Cause, I am a soft touch - but i never seem to fall for the scams. I try to fit myself in his place - if i honestly believed a fellow citizen was stranded in a forieghn country, what would I do? uh - how about direct them to the Embassy, for a start?

I guess it boils down to, it's hard to con an honest man?

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RE: money stolen - 1/21/2010 12:35:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		http://www.ic3.gov/media/2010/100121.aspx   LOLOL  law firms targeted.

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RE: money stolen - 1/21/2010 1:50:17 PM   
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The 'to buy art' part kept confusing me. I was discussing this with my mother, who explained the obvious - the con artiest promised to buy cheap local art to fly home with him and give the mark the profits when it sells for much more in America.

I suspect that when the investigation gets to the point where they search his computer, they will find that the scam had nothing to do with art, and everything to do with a bog standard 419. People who fall for a "dead man's money" or similar scam know that they are breaking the law right from the get go, so they lie about what is really going on. This type of "victim" often turns scammer themselves, taking money from friends and family under false pretenses. More than a few wind up in jail, as they should. I don't generally believe in blaming the victim of a scam, but when they take it to the point of embezzlement or scamming others, the gloves come off.
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I guess it boils down to, it's hard to con an honest man?
Nope, it's easy as pie with the right scam. Most cheque scams actually rely on the mark being an honest person.


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RE: money stolen - 1/21/2010 1:57:16 PM   
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http://www.ic3.gov/media/2010/100121.aspx   LOLOL  law firms targeted.

A couple of years ago there was a fake lotto cheque scam being run via snail mail by a scammer group in Canada that was a little like this. They would send out "winning lotto notification" letters that contained a cheque to cover the "fees" required. The victim would cash the cheque, wait for it to "clear", and then wire the money to the scammers. Each cheque was for about $2500, and the notifications were sent out by the thousands.

It worked because many people do not know that it can take weeks or even months for a fake or stolen cheque to be discovered, and mistakenly think that the cheque has cleared because they see the money in their bank account. 


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RE: money stolen - 1/21/2010 2:07:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		I wonder if the FDIC will ever just ban money from going to nigeria out right lol

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