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Woman Admits Sending $400K To Nigerian Scammer

Posted by samzenpus on from the headdesk dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Awful by negRo_slim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here you're box of FAIL. It should reed: "Your using English..." Your a fkcing LOOSER!

    Unless of course, you speak Pacific Northwest English.

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  2. Re:Why? by bubulubugoth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mod parent up...

      LOL

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  3. Another difference by Brain-Fu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The only difference between the Nigerian scam and the casino scam, is the government IS involved in the casino scam and gets to share your money.

    There is another very important difference. When gambling, you know you are gambling. And, in the vast majority of cases, the odds of winning the game you are playing are published and widely known. The casino does not, for example, attempt to convince you that you are actually using your money to facilitate some sort of international transaction from which you will have earned a sizeable cut.

    I think this difference prevents casinos from being lowered to the same moral level as scammers. Yes, they stack the odds against you...but they also publish those odds.

  4. Speaking of casinos... by jcr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Vegas at least, they're regulated like crazy. They have to tell you the odds of any game they offer, and the gaming commission spot-checks them all the time.

    -jcr

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  5. Re:I'm amazed by smegged · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Strange modding something so inflamatory as insightful.

    well-educated people who grew up in a secular western society still prefer self-delusion to truth

    I've studied various religions, and have discovered that they are all bullshit!

    religions is not thinking for oneself

    If a Christian, Bhuddist, Muslim or Taoist had have come on here and started saying those same things about atheists they would be rightly modded as flamebait.