OT hooray, they got one

Nigerian spammer jailed in N Wales

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/3594043.stm

 

Not very often I have cause to praise Brunstroms boys but it looks like
they did good this time !



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That was a bit harsh. They chopped his head off.

 

not harsh enough


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Steve Parry
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They should have crapped down his neck.

 

And a 419er arrested in Dublin. Didn't make the news.

azi.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

"Using the documents officers traced 11 victims, including one in
Scotland who lost up to £20,000, and a retired 72-year-old American
businessman who lost $46,500."

Given all the publicity surrounding these scams, htf does anyone still
fall for them?

"The ease with which e-mail addresses can be obtained and used for
illegal purposes has increased the chances of innocent people being
subjected to this offence." ^^^^^^^^

They seem to have miss-spelled 'greedy'.

Which raises another question. Should we protect the greedy from
themselves? Greedy and stupid - a winning combo.

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wessie wrote

"He pleaded guilty to going equipped to cheat"

It won't be long before Nu Labour repeal this one.

 

TBH I think the bile reserved for these people is out of proportion.
The world doesn't revolve around the internet.

I'm quite interested in how the 419ers justify what they do - aren't
they just the same as the people they entrap?

 

Ben Blaney wrote in

No, but it does present a mass market for fraudsters. The risk associated
with this particular scam is low, hence it is nice when someone actually
gets caught.

I don't have a lot of sympathy for those caught out but do we have a duty
to protect stupid, greedy people in the same way we would protect frail old
ladies conned by a bogus plumber?

 

*ding* precisely my feeling.

Spam mail? I really don't give a ****. I filter my mail, job done.

 

Does that extend to the victims of the bloke jailed in Wales?

Cause I just see: Nigeriam scammer emails people and tricks them.
419er emails people and tricks them. I can't see a lot of clear blue
water between the two.

Oh, of course.

 

wessie posted:

Are you honestly saying that if someone offered you free money,
explained the details to your satisfaction and you couldn't see how it
could possibly go wrong, you wouldn't risk a punt?

Just because these folk are more gullible than you doesn't mean they
should be shunned from society.

 

"You can never con an honest man"

 

That's not true.

 

Where do you think I pinched it from? Entertaining series and the
lass who plays Stacy is perfection.

"We're the bad guys but we only con the bad guys, so it's alright".

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

It's true in the classic conartist sense that it's used in the series,
but certainly not true in the more commonly encountered typical
application of dodgy car/bike dealerships sales ethics.

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Dave

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Champ posted:

<googles>

Blimey!

 

She did a dream pole dance in the last episode.

 

Like people who bought endowment mortgages because the people selling
them said they would make a fortune compared to the poor sods who
couldn't afford to?