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May 21, 2021 13:28:38   #
blumoon722
 
Below is exactly how this moron wrote it. One sentence, no punctuation.
Do these scammers think anyone would actually fall for such BS.

Hello
Am Mis Jenny Wilson am from Rolls-Royce company am here to announce to you that you have won a prize and that is a car have stayed long in my company i try my best to contact you but now we are contacted you have to come and take your car ok but before you will take the car the owner of the company said that you will pay $500 but am in charge of the car so I decided to change it as $250 so that it will be easy for you ok

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May 21, 2021 13:49:00   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
blumoon722 wrote:
Below is exactly how this moron wrote it. One sentence, no punctuation.
Do these scammers think anyone would actually fall for such BS.

Hello
Am Mis Jenny Wilson am from Rolls-Royce company am here to announce to you that you have won a prize and that is a car have stayed long in my company i try my best to contact you but now we are contacted you have to come and take your car ok but before you will take the car the owner of the company said that you will pay $500 but am in charge of the car so I decided to change it as $250 so that it will be easy for you ok
Below is exactly how this moron wrote it. One sent... (show quote)



If I had a postal address I'd send some Monopoly money...

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May 21, 2021 13:53:35   #
Norm11 Loc: San Rafael, CA
 
A Rolls for only 250?!
I say go for it!

Or maybe she's sending you a photo of one for that price.

Yeah, we all get sh!t like these in our inboxes, phones and other devices.

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May 21, 2021 14:33:25   #
niteman3d Loc: South Central Pennsylvania, USA
 
It's truly sad when you think about it because those falling for it are the people least equipped to deal with the loss of $250. There are nearly four billion people with access to the internet, so let's guess that half of those have email. One one-hundredths percent of 1.39 billion is 139,000. What kind of response do they get? Is it as good as that or better/worse?? I don't think they're doing it for the entertainment value. The other side of the coin is the people doing it are probably being manipulated by those above them in the pecking order. Big numbers are scary and so are the things people will do for money. My 2¢

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May 21, 2021 14:49:23   #
RightOnPhotography Loc: Quebec,QC
 
I've received many stupid email of this kind, mostly from lawyers of deceased Nigerian Prince, but this one takes the cake. This is an epitome of stupidity. 🤣

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May 21, 2021 15:03:31   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
I keep getting emails from servers in Bulgaria and Romania that my Norton has expired.
All kinds of funny non-normal letters in the subject line...
And to an alternate email address of mine no less.

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May 22, 2021 06:29:14   #
ClarkJohnson Loc: Fort Myers, FL and Cohasset, MA
 
blumoon722 wrote:
Below is exactly how this moron wrote it. One sentence, no punctuation.
Do these scammers think anyone would actually fall for such BS.

Hello
Am Mis Jenny Wilson am from Rolls-Royce company am here to announce to you that you have won a prize and that is a car have stayed long in my company i try my best to contact you but now we are contacted you have to come and take your car ok but before you will take the car the owner of the company said that you will pay $500 but am in charge of the car so I decided to change it as $250 so that it will be easy for you ok
Below is exactly how this moron wrote it. One sent... (show quote)



The scammers don’t want to deal with intelligent people- takes too much time and effort. These solicitations are written poorly deliberately so that ONLY the most gullible respond.

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May 22, 2021 07:33:32   #
Dalek Loc: Detroit, Miami, Goffstown
 
Maybe it is a Lego car

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May 22, 2021 07:37:23   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Don't these people know about software that makes their writing better?

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May 22, 2021 07:42:42   #
PaulBrit Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon
 
On a slightly different note, we keep getting a phone call from a woman who tells us our extended car warranty is nearly over. We purchased a new Honda Fit well over 5 years ago! I don’t listen to the call because the phone is put down practically instantly!

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May 22, 2021 07:50:25   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
PaulBrit wrote:
On a slightly different note, we keep getting a phone call from a woman who tells us our extended car warranty is nearly over. We purchased a new Honda Fit well over 5 years ago! I don’t listen to the call because the phone is put down practically instantly!


That must be the same woman who keeps calling me about my 2015 Fit. : )

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May 22, 2021 08:28:03   #
jrcarpe Loc: Jacksonville,AR
 
Be very careful as some of them are very slick.

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May 22, 2021 08:32:29   #
Dave H2
 
I recently got a new home portable phone system, Panasonic, which includes a call block feature. Just press a button on the handset and the caller is blocked. Some emails have this feature as well. Blocking spam addresses.
I must admit, this one is pretty bad though.
D

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May 22, 2021 09:14:18   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Dave H2 wrote:
I recently got a new home portable phone system, Panasonic, which includes a call block feature. Just press a button on the handset and the caller is blocked. Some emails have this feature as well. Blocking spam addresses.
I must admit, this one is pretty bad though.
D

Yep, but one has to get the call/email once to put them on the blacklist.
And doesn't one have to have caller ID for the phone block to work?
Just make sure what number(s) you block aren't spoofed to known friends.

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May 22, 2021 09:24:32   #
vpeek1947 Loc: Louisville, Ky
 
If you send $500 will they give you two???

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