According to police, Australians are losing $36m a year to Nigerian scammers. And the problem is more extensive than that, because similar frauds are going through other countries. The police say they struggle to get a handle on the issue because many incidents went unreported – no doubt people being scammed are often too embarrassed to own up to their stupidity.
It just staggers me to see people still falling for these scams. To not know about them, you’d need to be living in a cave or something, or be incredibly stupid, gullible, greedy or all of those. Hard to protect some people from themselves, it seems.
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It is odd. My bank account numbers are publicly available for anyone to make a deposit, please do so, but victims must have done more than just give bank account numbers and actively approved withdrawals. I don’t have much sympathy.
While I don’t think it is the task of banks to protect people from themselves, I am a bit surprised that they sit back and let the obvious happen. I know banks are hot on overseas money spent when their customers travel overseas.
I am a bit sceptical about this money lost to overseas story.
I have “won” at least 6 foreign e-mail lotteries this past week alone. I gotta be up half a billion at least. Wonderful thing this internet…
hahaha..if you like to search for porn, doesnt mean the rest of the continent does..
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Judging from the comments you get on Entrecard, it makes you think if this place of low life is the place to be. Do you ever wonder if these freaks just come here to drop points and never read a blog?