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Fraud Museum Showcases Web Scams
mashy writes "CNN is running a story about AdCops, an internet ad fraud patrol group, who recently opened a museum of internet scams. Its mission is to educate its members of the latest scams, but its $99 membership fee may make it an unpopular choice with so many similar services already available for free." By the way, if anyone needs to MAKE MONEY FAST, just lemme know I have tons of easy ways to do it in my spam folder ;)
"Its mission is to educate its members of the latest scams, but its $99 membership fee may make it an unpopular choice with so many similar services already available for free."
Like which ones? This would be neat--but only if they have sarcastic comments like Consumer Reports does.
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(Hey Ryan! Here's your proof!)
send me $50 cash in the mail (to my po box) and i'll describe to you how these scam artists work.
Pay $99 and you learn all about not giving away your money to web scams?
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I hope they can handle recursion or the site won't be complete.
If i want to lookup common net scams, i'll go to a virus database and find the "virus hoaxes" area. Watch, they also give you money for refering new members to this wonderful membership plan. I can see it now: join and be showcased as part of the biggest scam in our museum, the museum itself!
I am !amused.
$99 sounds like a scam to me!
Nobody else sees the irony here? Giving away $99 to avoid being fleeced?
Man, the people who built this thing must be rolling in the aisles...
anyone been jailed yet? fraudsters i mean not hackers
"Okay, mister, I'll look. Here's $99."
"Thank you, son, you won't regret it. Step right through that door."
Inside is a mirror with a sign above it that says: "SUCKER!"
...or maybe not.
Ever feel like you're being watched while you 'surf' the Internet??? Chances are, YOU ARE! There wasn't anything you could do about it, UNTIL NOW!!
Just visit this website and find out NOW! The cost is $99, but isn't that a PITTANCE compared to your peace of mind ?
Dancin Spammer
a scam to me...
send us $99 to find out what scams are out there to avoid!
hell send me 5 bucks and ill tell ya a bunch!!!
moo.
Start a 'business-to-business membership consortium''to report Internet fraud' and charge $99 for membership.
Their web server must be having trouble with all the eloop's it must be encountering :-)
Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
,WITH
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
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CONTACT)
TELEFAX: 234-42-254548
ATTN: SIR,
I HAVE THE COURAGE TO ASK YOU TO LOOK FOR A RELIABLE
AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE FOR THIS
IMPORTANT BUSINESS BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET
ME DOWN EITHER NOW OR IN FUTURE.
I AM MR RANK SIDNEY,THE EASTERN DISTRICT BANK
MANAGER OF UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC. (UBA). THERE IS
AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THIS BANK IN 1980 AND SINCE 1990
NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN. AFTER GOING
THROUGH SOME OLD FILES IN THE RECORDS I DISCOVERED
THAT IF I DO NOT REMITT THIS MONEY OUT URGENTLY IT
WILL BE FORFEITED FOR NOTHING.
THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR. SMITH B. ANDREAS, A
FOREIGNER, AND THE MANAGER OF PETRO TECHNICAL
SUPPORT SERVICES, A CHEMICAL ENGINEER BY PROFESSION
AND HE DIED SINCE 1990. NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT
THIS ACCOUNT OR ANY THING CONCERNING IT, THE ACCOUNT
HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED
TO ME AS WELL THAT THIS COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT AND THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS (USD 26
MILLION DOLLARS). I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A
SAFE FOREIGNERS ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DONT KNOW ANY
FOREIGNER, I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER
BECAUSE THIS MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO A LOCAL BANK
HERE, BUT CAN ONLY BE APPROVED TO ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT
BECAUSE THE MONEY IS IN US DOLLARS AND THE FORMER
OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT IS MR. SMITH B. ANDREAS IS A
FOREIGNER TOO. I KNOW THAT THIS MASSAGE WILL COME TO
YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DONT KNOW OUR SELVES BEFORE,
BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I
ONLY GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS FROM THE COMPUTER
BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS
BUSINESS YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVE CONTACTED
IN THIS BUSINESS, SO PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY SO THAT I
WILL INFORM YOU THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE URGENTLY.
I WANT US TO SEE FACE TO FACE OR SIGN A BINDING
AGREEMENT TO BIND US TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN RECIEVE
THIS MONEY INTO A FORIEGN ACCOUNT OR ANY ACCOUNT OF
YOUR CHOICE WHERE THE FUND WILL BE REMMITTED.AND I
WILL FLY TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR WITHDRAWAL AND SHARING
AND OTHER INVESTMENTS.
I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO INVOLVE A
FOREIGNER WITH FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND FOREIGN
BENEFICIARY. I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION TO MAKE THIS
WORK FINE. BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT IS READY TO APPROVE
THIS PAYMENT TO ANY FOREIGNER WHO HAS CORRECT
INFORMATION OF THIS ACCOUNT, WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU
LATER IMMEDIATELY, IF YOU ARE ABLE AND WITH CAPABILITY
TO HANDLE SUCH AMOUNT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST
ACCORDING TO MY INSTRUCTIONS AND ADVICE FOR OUR MUTUAL
BENEFIT BECAUSE THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL NEVER COME AGAIN
IN MY LIFE. A NEED TRUTHFUL PERSON IN THIS BUSINESS
BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO MAKE MISTAKE I NEED YOUR
STRONG ASSURANCE AND TRUST.
WITH MY POSITION NOW IN THE OFFICE I CAN TRANSFER THIS
MONEY TO ANY FOREIGNERS RELIABLE ACCOUNT WHICH YOU CAN
PROVIDE WITH ASSURANCE THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE INTACT
PENDING MY PHYSICAL ARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR
SHARING. I WILL DESTROY ALL DOCUMENTS OF TRANSACTION
IMMEDIATELY WE RECIEVE THIS MONEY LEAVING NO TRACE TO
ANY PLACE. YOU CAN ALSO COME TO DISCUSS WITH ME FACE
TO FACE AFTER WHICH I WILL MAKE THIS REMITTANCE IN
YOUR PRESENCE AND TWO OF US WILL FLY TO YOUR COUNTRY
AT LEAST TWO DAYS AHEAD OF THE MONEY GOING INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.
I WILL APPLY FOR ANNUAL LEAVE TO GET VISA IMMEDIATELY
I HEAR FROM YOU THAT YOU ARE READY TO ACT AND RECEIVE
THIS FUND IN YOUR ACCOUNT. I WILL USE MY POSITION AND
INFLUENCE TO EFFECT LEGAL APPROVALS AND ONWARD
TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH
APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE FORMS OF THE MINISTRIES AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENTS.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN
35% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT, 60% WILL BE FOR ME, WHILE 5%
WILL BE FOR EXPENSES BOTH PARTIES MIGHT HAVE INCURED
DURING THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST REPLY BY FAX ONLY.
TELEFAX LINE: 234-42-254548.
YOURS TRULY,
MR RANK SIDNEY
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Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
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Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
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Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
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Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to get this e-mail past the lameness filter. However, I feel a duty to my fellow slashdotters to show them this letter in its original form, as it is one of the best examples of an Internet scam, and a fairly funny one at that.
My only hypotheses here are that these people are engaged in some sort of money laundering or direct marketing scam, and I don't know which would be worse.
Will the real Bruce Perens Please Stand Up
The mission of AdCops is to keep our members informed about the latest tricks and tactics used by Internet scammers.
Lesson #1: Beware of groups asking outrageous membership prices for services other groups offer for free. For example, you paid $99 to joing AdBusters. You are a sucker.
Lesson #2: Bitter experience is the best teacher.
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We want some answers and all that we get
Some kind of shit about a terrorist threat
- Ministry
Additionally, I would say that fraud is an essential part of any economy. It makes for a healthy economic ecology. I like having the option of the illegal path - even if it is only an option, it is best if we all have it.
Temptation is something that is hard to resist of course, so I suppose that is bad. My ex boyfriend gave into temptation, and I am glad that I am not the sort of person who does.
A healthy economy will always provide temptation and fraud, so lets not be too worried about fraud on the internet, but recohnise it as a sign of health, like a blooming rosebud.
--Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The
You are probably like me. You want HOT WOMEN and BIG MONEY in your pocket RIGHT NOW!!!!!
I WANT you to MAKE HOT SEX too! If you JOIN OUR BAND of HORNY TEEN SLUTS, you can GET FREE VIAGRA along with your TONER CARTRIDGES in your INBOX!!!!!!
All it takes is $19.95, and you too will be SWIMMING IT HOT BABES and FREE MONEY!!!!
You can tell that I'M NOT LYING because I have a lot of EXCLAIMATION POINTS at the end of my SENTENCES!!!!! That makes it REAL!!!!!!
Potato chips are a by-yourself food.
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Oh bother.
It sounds like a good idea to show people what to expect so they can learn to avoid it in advance instead of getting hooked themselves. That much is clear.
Most frauds aren't perpetrated by large-time crooks. The myth of the traveling trickster coming into town and selling the townsfolk on the idea of a highschool marching band hasn't been true since well before the days of Seventy-Six Trombones. Most frauds are perpetrated by small-time crooks who see an opportunity and take it. They're usually not so clever, but they're effective in their sheer numbers.
If you put all the effective crime schemes in one central repository, won't that make it easier for small-time crooks to find them and start inflicting suffering on society's weak and feeble? Won't this also increase the number of copycat crimes?
There's a common misconception about fraud victims: that they somewhow deserved what they got, because they were themselves greedy and bought an idea that was too good to be true. But that's just false. No victim is responsible for his own suffering. We all owe each other a duty to prevent victimhood whenever and wherever we find it.
Fraud victims are usually poor and hopeless. They're the same type who play state-sanctioned lotteries (why we tolerate those, I'll never understand) because they have no other source of hope. They're trying to scrape themselves a living, and along comes a wolf who fleeces them. That's a bad thing. That much is clear.
Anything that increases the frequency of fraud is a bad thing in my book. Whatever else the benefits may be, I don't think we should tolerate it.
Read the rest of this comment...
...can be found here.
I have a great new site... for only $150 I will take you on a tour of the dumbest membership based web-sites in history.
Along the way, we'll check out TheMuseumOfMoldyFood.com, AllAboutLint.com, and PicturesOfMyBasement.com...
- Never Undrestimate the Power of Stupid People in Large Groups... -
http://british.nerp.net/commentary/alburt.html
...all about Internet scams - they're owned by AOL.
Asikaa
Asikaa
Come in, twenty-seventy-seventy, your time is up.
I think the latest "Make Money Fast" 'net scheme appears to be to open up a web museum on the subject and start charging...
www.scambusters.org
Its mission is to educate its members of the latest scams
You mean like the scam where you charge $99 for access to a site full of information that should be free and is probably partially compiled by its users anyway.
it may sound high, but you just know people are going to pay the fee with stolen credit card numbers. ooh, the irony...
Unfortunately your quality has suffered. This is just pathetic.
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(Hey Ryan! Here's your proof!)
"$99 membership fee may make it an unpopular choice with so many similar services already available for free."
I mean, they arent being serious, right?
The ones I really like are the fraud spams by people claiming to represent some government agency in Africa, who just need assistance in transferring money out of the country. The great thing about this is the appearance of truth (Africa is unstable), the appeal to greed (the finder's fee), and the whiff of illegality to keep you from passing it on to your local SEC office.
Me, I just redirect them to the SEC, knowing that not only do they frequently arrest these scoundrels, they use the fines to pay off the national debt.
--- Will in Seattle - What are you doing to fight the War?
Translation: only a seriously defective mind would actually pay us $99 for this rubbish.
I don't think you can withdraw money from an account just because you have a bank routing number from a check. Otherwise I could just take any voided check and withdraw large sums of money using that number. I believe you need to present at least some forms of identification or passwords or whatnot.
I bet that they have a few "issues" with the money transfer and somehow you end up paying $1000 to fix those issues.
-Ted
We've all seen lots of those email warnings and virus alerts, but this one tops them all. So I've decided to pass along this little story I justed concocted - err, I mean just received from a credible source, for your edification. This is not a chain letter! This is not a joke! This is absolutely true! (Yeah, right...)
--- WARNING, DANGER! ---
I know this guy whose neighbor, a young man, was home recovering from the trauma of his friend's aunt who took her kids to a Burger King restaurant in a major city and they all got bit by snakes in the ball pit. Anyway, he decided to forget his troubles by having a few stiff drinks at Mulligans, and the the next thing he awoke in a hotel bathtub full of ice and he was sore all over. When he got out of the tub he saw a note on the mirror saying that HIS KIDNEYS HAD BEEN STOLEN by Bill Gates, and he could only get them back by dialing 9-0-# and forwarding 5000 emails to a dying girl at Disney World.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!! My uncle's friend heard this story from his neighbor who got it from a guy named Craig Shergold who used to work for the American Cancer Society in a major city.
Well the poor guy immediately tried to call 911 from a pay phone to report his missing kidneys, but upon reaching into the coin-return slot he got jabbed with an HIV-infected needle around which was wrapped a note that said, "JOIN THE CREW". He was so distraught at this point that he went into the nearest theater and bought a ticket. It was then that he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder blade. The people behind him got up laughing and tossed a wadded-up paper ball at him as they ran out. When he uncrumpled the paper, it said "WIN A HOLIDAY" and was signed by Jessica Mydek.
THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!! I have a friend who works next door to the police department of a major city and he heard it from his elderly aunt.
The poor man, having no kidkeys and infected with a dread disease, stumbled into a nearby Neiman Marcus cafe and ordered a plate of cookies. He asked for the recipe and was told that it would cost "two fifty". When he received his bill, there was a charge for 250 dollars. Furious, he fired up his laptop and sent an email to his lawyer. It was then that he noticed his Palm Pilot was infected by the Budweiser screen saver virus. A "flashing IM" sppeared on his AOL screen, and without thinking, he clicked on it. Instantly, hackers stole his password and began downloading salacious photos of Nina Tottenberg onto his hard drive.
So anyway the poor guy tried to drive himself to the hospital, but on the way he noticed another car driving along without its lights on. To be helpful, he flashed his lights at him and was promptly shot as part of a gang initiation in a major city. His arm was bleeding badly, but he was able to make it into the mall parking lot. Just at that moment, he saw two guys with black hoods stuffing his wife into a van. Apparently they had told the woman there was a dying baby in the parking lot and asked for her help.
THIS IS NOT A CHAIN LETTER!!! Please forward this urgent message to every one you can, and spread the news that the Take-A-Bath Foundation will donate a pair of Nike sneakers to everyone at Disney World, but only if you send it to 1000 people. Don't be a thoughtless jerk - it only takes a minute of your time to spread this chain letter, and it could be true!
Have a great new year, everyone. Feel free to pass this story (including this paragraph) along to a few friends, and be sure to tell them to sign up for the free TOURBUS newsletter. You can find the REAL story about all of these hoaxes in the TOURBUS archives at http://www.tourbus.com/ . This story is by Bob Rankin Copyright (c) January 1999
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Bah, you all are shitty fp trolls!! Not even one 'All your base..' or 'Someone set us up the bomb' or Hot Grits or Beowulf Cluster nor any mention at all to Dead Homies. Please get your act together. Bitches.
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Where is Doug Miller?
It's rather ingenious, praying on people's greed and utter lack of common sense when a large sum of money is involved.
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Filtering out the -1s and 0s since 1999.
A lot of these scams are pretty scary. One moment you're reading an email a friend sent you (well it started "Dear friend" anyways) and the next you're flat-on-your-ass broke. What can you do? Sure, you could educate yourself about these scams, by paying $99, but that won't stop all of them!
[gesticulates wildly] Yessir, what you need is Stan's Scam Insurance! For the low low price of only $65 a month we will insure you and your holdings against any internet scam! Cash only, please. Offer not valid on Scabb, Blood, or Phatt island.
Trees can't go dancing
So do them a big favor
Pretend dancing stinks!
sick dude... just plain 'ol sick
My mother is a fish.
I hope they can handle recursion or the site won't be complete.
LOL....go to the site, put your mouse over Rewards on the left side, it changes the graphic above to a guy holding out an empty wallet. Now there's truth in advertising!
Actually, they are implying if you report someone for abusing online advertising, they will pay you 5% of what the site ripped off, course they want to know the "exploit"....hrm...yeah right.
Going on means going far
Going far means returning
Going on means going far
Going far means returning
I'm so freaking sick of this pic floating around... damn me and my mindless clicking on links... a word to the the rest of you, don't make my mistake >
My mother is a fish.
That being said, people seem to have missed fairly obvious point that this organization seems to be catering to businesses that're particularly susceptible to fraud (banks and credit card companies). In that context, a $99 membership fee is pocket change.
The basic premise is that you are greedy and will agree to anything, even if it is not exactly like it is stated in the letter. If you set everything up so that you expect a wire transfer in of $26 million and expect to transfer x% of that out, everything is theoretically ok. However, if the deposit is not a wire transfer, but instead a forged/bounced check, that is the problem. Your bank will accept the fake deposit, but they will have to verify it (say it takes 2 business days). When it bounces, you lose that money. Unfortunately, by that time, the money you wire transferred out is gone, and making sure you have the actual money available for a wire transfer is your responsibility. You just can't "cancel" it when you find out the deposit money bounced.
"But the nice man said the deposit was a wire transfer, not a check," you exclaim. "Tough grits," said the banker.
"Now give us the $20 million you owe us."
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Filtering out the -1s and 0s since 1999.
don't ya think?
stainless is as stainless does
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas"
Sen. Davy Crocket to US Congress, Nov. 1, 1835
Its mission is to educate its members of the latest scams
You mean like the scam where you charge $99 for access to a site full of information that should be free and is probably partially compiled by its users anyway.
And it was so good I decided to post it again
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This
And what would bring that lesson home more than a mirror that says sucker? I suppose, a mirror with a link to the free stuff.
...or maybe not.
$99 for free info.. lame. Its like the pot calling the kettle black
===sam=== free nessus vulnerability scan = www.vulnerabilities.org
Specifically, AdCops started by targeting people from advertising-driven companies who are running scripts and bots to click-through ad banners millions of times to drive up their advertising revenues. Now, it appears that they're databasing people using credit card generators and other scams as well. It's not a museum, but a database for admins to correllate to try and get information on people scamming them out of money through those bogus click-throughs or generated cards.
I dunno, but if I were paying to put up banners or accepting credit cards online, $99 for access to that kind of database would seem quite worthwhile...
Eschatfische.
This guy is a marketing genius, $99 and, "Besides, he adds: "This stuff is already floating around on the Internet anyway,"
Ace
I hope they can handle recursion of the site won't be complete.
Kevin Fox
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Just click the url below...enjoy the benefits of membership for FREE.
http://www.adcops.com/members/
Any company that trusts their business to Adcops are fools and deserve everything or in this case nothing they will get other than incompetence. CNN covers crap like this...guess AOL really has taken the media to a whole new low.
Anyways enjoy your free tour of the meseum!
99 bucks...I think I'd pay it...riiiight...just use a visa card then contest everything.
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The Top Ten Most Wanted List is a hoot, filled with dire language describing people who "force clicks on banners" (i.e. click a banner to download a file) as having "Stole $2000". I'm picturing some guy pointing a gun at a user's head, screaming "CLICK IT!", then afterwards going to rob a convenience store.
Some of the other comments are great also: "distributor of banner click software....heavy duty dude...beware!" Now I'm envisioning some cold-blooded ruffian fingering his glock as he puts the finishing touches on a Perl script.
All your forced clicks are belong to us.
$99 membership fee?
;)
Webpage, heal thyself.
SomethingAwful's Lowtax didn't get paid for months this past Fall. Unless you can afford the $1,000 doubleclick sign-up fee (another scam?) you're stuck with those who fly by night.
Thank goodness we're all independently wealthy
Think about it, when the person subscribes to this "museum" they have to add their e-mail address. Could you imagine the worth of an e-mail list of people stupid enough to purchase something like this? If you'll fall for one, you'll fall for more.
Anyone know of a site that just documents really horrible sites? By horrible I mean purely stupid or very poorly designed? The Olsen Twins site someone posted here amused me for about 30 minutes.
If one doesn't exist a Slashdot-like site site of horrible web sites would be great.
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We want some answers and all that we get
Some kind of shit about a terrorist threat
- Ministry
it's unbelievable for how long this is going on and how many people sent them money: http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/index.htm
Furry cows moo and decompress.
Give me $99 and I'll show you all the ways that people can rip you off.
That IS the general gist of all this, right?
:)
-Restil
Play with my webcams and lights here
I can see it now:
pay the fee, log onto the site, and it says: "Scam #1 - fraud museum" and proceeds with a detailed description of their own site.
Vidi, Vici, Veni
I give you $99, and you ensure that I don't get ripped off by $99... *hmmm*
I bet that's one scam they don't warn you of!
My I suggest a nice cup of soothing camomile tea - keeps you karma than coffee, you know.
As this story will show, it appears that forwarding securities related spams to the SEC is very effective.
As it says "The S.E.C., announcing its fifth nationwide Internet fraud sweep, said the people accused used so-called spam e-mail messages, electronic newsletters, Web sites, hyperlinks, message boards and other Internet media in cases involving both publicly traded securities and privately held companies."
You use your methods and I'll sic the feds on them.
--- Will in Seattle - What are you doing to fight the War?