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Woman Admits Sending $400K To Nigerian Scammer
svnt writes "Janella Spears wiped out her husband's retirement account, remortgaged their paid-for house, and took out a lien against the family car in an attempt to cash in on the deal. A undercover officer involved with the investigation called it the worst example of the scam he's ever seen. Thoughtfully, Spears has gone public with her story as a warning to others not to fall victim."
This is a perfect example of why every form of advertising works... even spam.
The fact is, when someone wants something bad enough, they will do anything and believe anything to get it.
This is why there are new Christians converted every day. They want to believe (It is called FAITH) and they will throw out every ounce of scepticism, logic, knowledge and understanding that conflicts with what they want to believe.
When Spears began to doubt the scam, she got letters from the President of Nigeria, FBI Director Mueller, and President Bush. Terrorists could get the money if she did not help, Bush's letter said. Spears continued to send funds. All the letters were fake, of course.
Finally, we know why we are running a huge deficit. What are odds that this dimwit is a Republican and one of those that approves of the job that Bush is (still !) doing ?
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SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
After all, she's a "reverend" so she she already honestly believes in fairy tales. If we could only eliminate superstition, then religions would stop creating so many "sheep" like this.
There exists no way of exchanging information without making judgments. --Bene Gesserit Axiom
I feel really sorry for her (now pensionless) husband, he probably worked hard all his life to get that money.
She just sounds like a real moron, and also incredibly deceitful to rip off her own husbands pension without telling him.
"Janella Spears doesnt think shes a sucker or an easy mark."
-No, not a sucker or easy mark. She is a full-blown idiot.
"Everyone she knew, including law enforcement officials, her family and bank officials, told her to stop, that it was all a scam. She persisted."
-Ok, just *HOW* stupid can people get?!?!?!
"She wiped out her husband's retirement account, mortgaged the house and took a lien out on the family car. Both were already paid for."
-If I were her husband, I'd have her committed, since such flagrant stupidity is reserved for people who like to bang their heads on walls. Not only that, I'd divorce her, take everything I had left (not much) and leave the fool penniless and homeless.
"Now, Spears has gone public with her story as a warning to others not to fall victim."
-No, by going public, she is now hoping that she will be able to dupe others into feeling sorry for her and sending her "donations" to help bail her out and fix the results of her mind-blowing stupidity. *DEFINITELY* not a scam I'll be falling victim to.
Knowing Google's lust for data collection, the Soviet Union is still alive and well inside the psyche of Sergey Brin....
Nowhere in the Bible is there ANYTHING even demeaning towards homosexuality. The most often quoted passage is from, iirc, Romans, and the original hebrew of the passage can be translated one of two ways. As the actual thing it was referring to, very young male prostitutes (under 13), or the bastardized version that most christians use which is translated as mankind.