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419er Lost in Space
rjp writes "The Register has what is probably the best 419 scam attempt ever! 419er's in space, if only! As always, check out 419 eater for more 419 goodness."
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Gotta love these scams, wonder if anyone still falls for them, obviously it just takes one person. I'm sure more likely are the Ebay/Paypal and bank account phishing scams.
What's a 419 scam? Does this refer to some obscure US penal code number? I've recieved the Nigerian money-laundering spam letters, and it's variants, but I've never heard of it referred to as a 419 scam.
The way these scams work is that if you send it to enough people, sooner or later somebody is going to buy into it no matter what and that is scary.
I just wonder how many people already have fallen for this one.
Okay, you're just plain wrong for that. The guy is supposed to have been in space for fourteen (14) years. The record isn't even a whole year yet and the poor russian fella couldn't walk. If this guy had been up that long he would be Jello. Coming home would kill him... he would have to stay in orbit.
Even the most causal observer of the news should at least know that.
I don't think this is anywhere near plausible. Plausible and this don't live on the same planet. Plausible waved from it's Jumbo Jet window as it passed this e-mail which was sitting stranded on a Desert Island.
Funny? Yes. Weird? Yes. Satirical? Yes. Is it Parody? Sure. Plausible? I knew plausible... plausible was a friend of mine... and this... sir... is no plausible.
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Actually they got it backwards in the e-mail. He needs to stay in orbit or he'll die. He has no bones left after 14 years in Zero-G. Poor schmuk.
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The English in that email looks too good to me (albeit not perfect). Hence it must be a fake scam! Fake scams... the new human invention of 2004!