This Guy Received A Message Saying He’d Won $1.2M But Needs To Pay A Delivery Fee, So He Trolled The Scammer
Never mess with a scouser. When NHS nursing assistant Tom Sheerin from Liverpool, England, received an unsolicited message online from someone claiming to represent the ‘CEO Of Facebook’ and promising him a hefty cash prize and a Jeep, he decided to turn the tables and scam the scammer.
“Decided to have a little fun with someone trying to scam me on Facebook, kept him busy for about 2 hours,” Tom wrote, sharing screenshots of the hilarious exchange as he strung the scammer along with increasingly ridiculous questions and scenarios, delivering the coup de grace with a random picture of a horse that his son drew.
It’s not the first time Tom has been approached by scammers, like most of us he has received his fair share of dodgy emails. “I’ve had a few emails so I’m still waiting for my share of an inheritance of about 5 Nigerian princes,” he told Bored Panda. “I’ve answered a few in the past who realised quite quickly that I’m taking the piss. But this one was determined so I thought If I keep him on the hook, then that’s less time for him to scam other people.”
To be fair, the gormless approach and execution of the scam left Tom with an open goal, it really makes you wonder why these guys bother. The thread makes for hugely entertaining reading however, as Tom takes his chance with glee and makes a complete fool of his ‘hunter’ and shows why Liverpudlian humor is up there with the very best.
Scroll down to see how it all unfolded for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
Tom Sheerin, left, from Liverpool, England got a ‘lovely surprise’ recently
He was apparently the lucky winner of $1.2 million and a Jeep, courtesy of none other than Zuckerberg himself
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Share on FacebookThis is just wrong and so bad. When I read these I imagine an old woman or man falling for these, or someone who is really desperate for money. These people need to be caught and taught a long painful torturous lesson. It is very wrong to scam people like this
You may not understand the size of the organization of these scammers. This is not just a few people spread amongst us. It is pretty large. In some of the cases I saw pictures of the offices that were running 30 people in one spot out of. Some these people actually get paid to come to work and do just this all day long. Even worse the local authorities where they are happing at get paid off by the scammer org to leave them alone. It is quite a messed up thing. I agree. I hate thinking that people are being taken advantage of by scum who end their sentences with ok.
Load More Replies...I have a feeling that I missed a lot of references... But the ones I got made me really laugh! :D
Load More Replies...It's the phone number of the merseyside police headquartes in Liverpool. https://www.yelp.com/biz/merseyside-police-liverpool?adjust_creative=-9J31CqkZGovA1mCBfQpow&utm_campaign=yelp_api_v3&utm_medium=api_v3_phone_search&utm_source=-9J31CqkZGovA1mCBfQpow
I'd have said "take $500 out of the box, and keep another $500 for yourself..."
I had to block him as he started asking for pictures of my son
Load More Replies...Makes me remember a scammer called me at 7 in the morning..."Hello I am calling to tell you there is something wrong with your computer", me, being just woken up and pissed off "My computer is fine f**k off" and hung up, he never called back... :D
I have gotten that one a few times. When I tell them that I don't have a computer they hang up..
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Load More Replies...I think everyone should post the scams they have experienced so people would be aware and share with their friends and family.
The funniest scammer I ever dealt with was a guy who left a VM claiming he was from the Justice Dept. and that we had to pay him $500 or they'd arrest us. Too bad the guy had a really bizarre speech impediment (he sounded a bit like Elmer Fudd) and you could hear a tv blaring in the background. He was dumb enough to provide his phone number. Thanks to White Pages I discovered he was in the boonies of New York state. I returned his call and managed to waste his time for a good 15 minutes until I finally lost it and started laughing. He hung up on me and I made several attempts to call him back, all he'd do is scream into the phone and finally stopped answering. I then looked up the number to the New York state police, provided the scammer's phone number and made a report. Never knew what happened to Elmer.
Load More Replies...He started by saying 500 DOLLARS and then said pounds, which would be a lot more
Then by the end he settled for "well how much do you have on you right now" lmao!
Load More Replies...Best bit, "Thats 20 fathoms as the crow flies." LMFAO!!! This guy should do this for a living!
I love the letter of authorisation denouncing scam artists. Seems totes legit.
I'm very impressed at the way Zuck uses so many different fonts. I guess when you're the CEO you don't have to stick to the standard one.
Load More Replies..."The Jeep given to you by the State Federal Government." Whaaaa? Scammers aren't the brightest bunch, are they?
By the "State" "Federal" government?!?!? So which is it? State or Federal because the above mentioned simply doesn't exist and if they did I highly doubt they'd give enough shits to throw in a CONGRATS let alone a whole vehicle. 🤦♀️
Load More Replies...Did anyone else try to read the “official letter from Zuckerburg”? It’s hilarious
I loved "loose" instead of "lose" and the questionable English throughout. Nope, nothing fishy about that!
Load More Replies...I keep getting the "where they leave threatening message about me being in arrears etc. The people barely even speak English, it's so unprofessional as to be funny except I heard on the bees that quite a few elderly people have wired them money because they assumed it was true. Really sad.
My mother is 79 years old and suffers from dementia. Nigerian internet scams have cost her over $6000. It is really sad because she thinks all of these men are in love with her.
The conversation is really funny but the whole topic is upsetting to me. They found a normative person, but these aren't the ones they are looking for... they are looking for the old, confused, desperate people that usually don't have to much money to begin with, and take advantage of them. Heartbreaking...
OMG i'm dying this is great. 'Phil Myass" oh wow. Ive never thought I would say this, but I really want a scam artist to contact me so I can mess with them. The closest I ever got was one of those "nigerian prince" things and I gave him the address and phone number to the local FBI office, still funny but it lacks the joie de vivre that this had you know?
FBI? I wonder if they were dumb enough to call the number? LMAO
Load More Replies...This is gold. However, I don't know if I feel bad for the people who fall for this obvious scam or if I should just laugh at them.
Feel sorry IMO. Some people could educate themselves better about these things but not everyone is that bright. That wouldn't be their fault.
Load More Replies...If you want to scam people with text messages, please learn grammar...
When bored at work, place too good to be true Craigslist ads and watch the creeps crawl out of the woodwork. I have personally spoken with more Nigerian Royalty then there are Nigerians in Nigeria. Better yet..post ads on Indian dating sights..You will have more marriage proposels than Pam Anderson at a Frat Party. Be prepared to send Body Part Pics though.
he kinda used to fancy my mum until my dad hit him at the enchantment under the sea dance. HAHA LOL!!!!
These things are so funny to me and i get people are being scammed...but someone please explain it to me. Why do they do this? And why is the amount to send always 500$?
Because anymore would be considered grand theft. In otherwords anything under 1k is a "felony" but not a MAJOR felony think class 6 instead of a 2. It's not like the FBI is going to jump on the chance to find someone that is scamming for 500. Sadly at that point it's "sorry that you fell for it ma'am / sir." Until they get enough people to complain about the same scam and IF they catch them then they pool all of them together.
Load More Replies...Same! Though this is fun to read, and probably to do, I do not want to take any risks!
Load More Replies...I have a feeling the scammer was MR. Mackey from South Park. 😏 mmmkay?
Literally, the ending of this is: "I'm so proud of it he's only 17"!!!🤣🤣🤣 The scammer is forced to say, "Wow that noice"
Some of these scams are much more real looking. I was contacted about a $2,000 laptop I had for sale. They told me they paid through PayPal and that once I loaded a tracking number the funds would be immediately released. I received an email from a PayPal email or what appeared to be a legit paypal email address showing the payment with funds pending had been made and the hyperlink in the email ACTUALLY took me straight to Paypals website. Wasn't a single indicator it was fake EXCEPT for the fact that I happen to have a business account with PayPal and KNOW that they don't and CAN'T request tracking info as that's between seller and buyer if it's to be included. If I didnt know that one detail I would have definitely shipped it. So please everyone just be overly cautious!!!!
He wanted the prostitutes address too!!!! Probably thinking DOUBLE WIN, getting a sucker to send me $500 AND some whores. That's a good days work 🤣
My mother, 72, sent 3000$ before she realized it was a scam. But the guy was super nice she said.
l had two seperate people tell me through Facebook that I'd won a large amount of money from the Facebook lottery...one had a picture of an older gentleman...the things he was asking me..my details that are actually there plainly to see in my profile he just repeatedly kept asking for me to give them to him..l told him they are already there, that l don't need to repeat them..anyway, l gave him a false address and he shows me a pic of a prize winning certificate with my name on it..problem was that my name was in a totally different font to the rest..meanwhile all through this conversation that he sounded like a scammer to me and l kept calling him a scammer..man did l p**s him off..chuckle..he also told me l had to come to California to pick up my winnings and l kept telling him that l couldn't because l lived in another country..he wanted me to pay Fedex to send it And l told him 'No' that is something the company pays for..l really pissed him off..
another one in the same week told me I'd won $80000 but l would need to pay him $1000 as a commission for handling the winnings..told him No too..the company can pay that..lets just say that now these two blokes are blocked..
Load More Replies...Had thrice phone calls from so call MICROSOFT. The guy on the phone know my name. He said that his company Microsoft saw that my pc had been hacked. He asked if he repair the pc by taking control of it. He than asked me if I had a credit card, I said yes. Would I please give him the account number , the pin number , the name and address of my bank, and please he said also your password. I yes of course, I gave him a fake credit card number. I was suppose to pay so could clean-up the pc. He tried to download my informations and of course he couldn't empty my account, again for all the infos above . This went on for 1 hour or so. Finally he bawled me out and said I was a stupid b***h since I was unable to transmit the information correctly. The morality of the is Microsoft never calls it's clients and the little guy lost his time on me.
I love how angry they get. I requested a Notice of Debt from a scammer and cited the code under the Federal law covering debt collections and "Agent Harris" replied "F**k it...go to jail then you dumb b***h. I was only trying to help you take care of this but now I'm turning it over to the Ingham county prosecutors office. Rot in jail". Correct county - good job but it was regarding a so called payday loan which is a civil matter if unpaid. Told me I would be served at my place of employment before 5pm to which I HAPPILY provided the correct address, which they'd never know it was actually where I worked even though I was telling the truth but plenty of potential victims give the # or address to the cops, I just happened to work for the State Police. These scammers are just too damn much!
Load More Replies...That is the best thing i have read in ages!! it just got better and better! That drawing at the end just topped it off nicely!!! Just all the references to amigo loans and prostitutes!! amazing!!
Frankly, I almost pissed myself laughinh while reading this conversation! Brilliant :D
I love it! I did something similar on the computer with the so called Microsoft idiots! Kept him on the phone pretending I did not understand what key to hit. Finally he yelled at me "HIT THE FU___ KEY F1" lol I hung up
So, why did it end so abruptly? Kinda like stepping off a curb into a mud puddle that was deeper than it looked. 🤪
The guy began adamantly requesting pictures of his kid. That's why. So he blocked him.
Load More Replies...I'm in the middle of a chat with a scammer on my instagram page. It's great fun!! No one should fall for these scams!! My 419er is saying he's starving and needs money for his family. I said I'd send hi €100 if he pays the postage of €20...I don't think he's biting BUT I have a business proposition for him when he comes back.
I've come across a scam where someone will advertise an apartment to rent but because the 'owner' is based overseas, they want you to put down a deposit before they 'mail you the keys'. I started going on about the fact that I kept rare poisonous snakes as pets and did my roommate's job as a 'massage therapist' count as employment? (One of those situations where they want proof of employment).
I think it's amazing that the scammer kept going after telling the guy to 'F**k off.' Right back to pure professionalism a minute later.
Don't millions of people do this everyday? I've been doing it for years...not everyday obviously but when I'm bored and one hits me up...I just find it so much freakin fun playing with them....the ones that are the most hilarious I share with a few friends. I really love the Nigerian ones who try a fake romance then after perhaps 5 exchanges they love me...in another 2 they want $ cuz gasp they were left in Nigeria by their ship (they always pretend to be from where I am but on work detail as an engineer). I just love stringing them along ...making them think there's a huge payday coming in 5mins LOL But I'm surprised so many are acting like this is a new thing...I've seen so many of these "scammers owned by funny blah blah" it's like a dime a dozen now. Yet you have people calling him a "legend" for doing this. Good grief. For one I've seen way way more funny scammer send ups than this one, it was a bit funny yes...but legend? Now that's funny!
Some of the best videos I've seen on YouTube are of people scamming the scammers. lol
I'm a true DIE HARD fan of QUEEN. Well, I got one claiming to be Brian May, saying that he really wanted to meet me but that his management insisted i pay. He claimed that his manager insists that I pay $5,000! When I told him that I don't have that kind of money he said that he would pay $3,00 himself, but I HAD to pay the remaining $2,000! So i strung him along for a few. You see, Brian May is worth over $175 million! Why would he need ME, a disabled mom, to pay $2,00 to meet him! The fact that he said that it was for his plane fare made it even funnier!(QUEEN own their own plane!) I finally ended it by saying that I couldn't wait to meet him, I have the rope all ready to tie him to my bed! (Of course I really wanted to meet Freddie, rest his beautiful soul!)
O read the whole thing ok, that doesn't happen a lot ok, I had fun, ok
I got 2 of them. One guy said he was from the FIB and I owed $500 to the IRS and would be arrested if I did not pay it within 2 hours. I mean really the FIB ? The second was the my grandson was in jail and the guy was a bail bondsman. I asked which one I have 10 of them. He hung up when he could not produce a name. I had already heard of this one.
I have zero patience with scammers. Especially when they don't have the most basic facts (or grammar) correct to even do a semi-decent job of scamming. I've had some guy try to lure me into a pyramid scheme on Facebook, but he at least had decent communication skills and was willing to let me go when I said firmly that I wasn't interested.
I just hang up now! I couldn’t be bothered talking to the lowlifes! 😡 This guy done a brilliant job...I hope he really pissed that scammer off! 😂
I just love a lyric from cold sase - 2 Iwas so much older then - younger than before" pls enlighten ma as to who sung it - they had amazing music
The Byrds? "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" from My Back Pages was originally done by Bob Dylan but covered by the Byrds
Load More Replies...HAH! I think the CEO of Facebook would have told the 10 lucky winners like they are entered in a contest
A lot of these scams known as 419 scams were part of my daily read. 419 I believe refers to the criminal code in Nigeria that this scam falls under. Anyway there was a site 419eaters.com. The person who ran the site basically baited the folks doing the scams by getting them to send him something small in exchange for him to send the money. It sometimes was a picture, even money. So if you want more of this sort of fun do a search online for 419 scams or baits or that sort of deal. Enjoy! ok
Ok, these things are usually not that funny.. But this guy seems like a hoot!
According to my internet I have won about 25 million - but am not stupid enough to click on their links - have also won dozens of cars (i dont drive) and compensation for 100's of accidents i havent had
Luckily e-mails like this automatically arrive in my spam folder, which I do not read. Who knows what I could have "won" by now!
Load More Replies...once you tell the oold callers on the other end of tthata phone that your only 6 years old - they kind of stop bothering you
True. But people who do this, cause them to lose time to scam other people. So if you have a talent for this and the time to do this, it is a great thing to do. Because they scam less people in the time you keep them busy.
Load More Replies...I don't know why but I read the scammer's lines in my head with an indian accent. Oh wait.. I know why. Because THEY'RE SCAMMERS!
This is just wrong and so bad. When I read these I imagine an old woman or man falling for these, or someone who is really desperate for money. These people need to be caught and taught a long painful torturous lesson. It is very wrong to scam people like this
You may not understand the size of the organization of these scammers. This is not just a few people spread amongst us. It is pretty large. In some of the cases I saw pictures of the offices that were running 30 people in one spot out of. Some these people actually get paid to come to work and do just this all day long. Even worse the local authorities where they are happing at get paid off by the scammer org to leave them alone. It is quite a messed up thing. I agree. I hate thinking that people are being taken advantage of by scum who end their sentences with ok.
Load More Replies...I have a feeling that I missed a lot of references... But the ones I got made me really laugh! :D
Load More Replies...It's the phone number of the merseyside police headquartes in Liverpool. https://www.yelp.com/biz/merseyside-police-liverpool?adjust_creative=-9J31CqkZGovA1mCBfQpow&utm_campaign=yelp_api_v3&utm_medium=api_v3_phone_search&utm_source=-9J31CqkZGovA1mCBfQpow
I'd have said "take $500 out of the box, and keep another $500 for yourself..."
I had to block him as he started asking for pictures of my son
Load More Replies...Makes me remember a scammer called me at 7 in the morning..."Hello I am calling to tell you there is something wrong with your computer", me, being just woken up and pissed off "My computer is fine f**k off" and hung up, he never called back... :D
I have gotten that one a few times. When I tell them that I don't have a computer they hang up..
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Load More Replies...I think everyone should post the scams they have experienced so people would be aware and share with their friends and family.
The funniest scammer I ever dealt with was a guy who left a VM claiming he was from the Justice Dept. and that we had to pay him $500 or they'd arrest us. Too bad the guy had a really bizarre speech impediment (he sounded a bit like Elmer Fudd) and you could hear a tv blaring in the background. He was dumb enough to provide his phone number. Thanks to White Pages I discovered he was in the boonies of New York state. I returned his call and managed to waste his time for a good 15 minutes until I finally lost it and started laughing. He hung up on me and I made several attempts to call him back, all he'd do is scream into the phone and finally stopped answering. I then looked up the number to the New York state police, provided the scammer's phone number and made a report. Never knew what happened to Elmer.
Load More Replies...He started by saying 500 DOLLARS and then said pounds, which would be a lot more
Then by the end he settled for "well how much do you have on you right now" lmao!
Load More Replies...Best bit, "Thats 20 fathoms as the crow flies." LMFAO!!! This guy should do this for a living!
I love the letter of authorisation denouncing scam artists. Seems totes legit.
I'm very impressed at the way Zuck uses so many different fonts. I guess when you're the CEO you don't have to stick to the standard one.
Load More Replies..."The Jeep given to you by the State Federal Government." Whaaaa? Scammers aren't the brightest bunch, are they?
By the "State" "Federal" government?!?!? So which is it? State or Federal because the above mentioned simply doesn't exist and if they did I highly doubt they'd give enough shits to throw in a CONGRATS let alone a whole vehicle. 🤦♀️
Load More Replies...Did anyone else try to read the “official letter from Zuckerburg”? It’s hilarious
I loved "loose" instead of "lose" and the questionable English throughout. Nope, nothing fishy about that!
Load More Replies...I keep getting the "where they leave threatening message about me being in arrears etc. The people barely even speak English, it's so unprofessional as to be funny except I heard on the bees that quite a few elderly people have wired them money because they assumed it was true. Really sad.
My mother is 79 years old and suffers from dementia. Nigerian internet scams have cost her over $6000. It is really sad because she thinks all of these men are in love with her.
The conversation is really funny but the whole topic is upsetting to me. They found a normative person, but these aren't the ones they are looking for... they are looking for the old, confused, desperate people that usually don't have to much money to begin with, and take advantage of them. Heartbreaking...
OMG i'm dying this is great. 'Phil Myass" oh wow. Ive never thought I would say this, but I really want a scam artist to contact me so I can mess with them. The closest I ever got was one of those "nigerian prince" things and I gave him the address and phone number to the local FBI office, still funny but it lacks the joie de vivre that this had you know?
FBI? I wonder if they were dumb enough to call the number? LMAO
Load More Replies...This is gold. However, I don't know if I feel bad for the people who fall for this obvious scam or if I should just laugh at them.
Feel sorry IMO. Some people could educate themselves better about these things but not everyone is that bright. That wouldn't be their fault.
Load More Replies...If you want to scam people with text messages, please learn grammar...
When bored at work, place too good to be true Craigslist ads and watch the creeps crawl out of the woodwork. I have personally spoken with more Nigerian Royalty then there are Nigerians in Nigeria. Better yet..post ads on Indian dating sights..You will have more marriage proposels than Pam Anderson at a Frat Party. Be prepared to send Body Part Pics though.
he kinda used to fancy my mum until my dad hit him at the enchantment under the sea dance. HAHA LOL!!!!
These things are so funny to me and i get people are being scammed...but someone please explain it to me. Why do they do this? And why is the amount to send always 500$?
Because anymore would be considered grand theft. In otherwords anything under 1k is a "felony" but not a MAJOR felony think class 6 instead of a 2. It's not like the FBI is going to jump on the chance to find someone that is scamming for 500. Sadly at that point it's "sorry that you fell for it ma'am / sir." Until they get enough people to complain about the same scam and IF they catch them then they pool all of them together.
Load More Replies...Same! Though this is fun to read, and probably to do, I do not want to take any risks!
Load More Replies...I have a feeling the scammer was MR. Mackey from South Park. 😏 mmmkay?
Literally, the ending of this is: "I'm so proud of it he's only 17"!!!🤣🤣🤣 The scammer is forced to say, "Wow that noice"
Some of these scams are much more real looking. I was contacted about a $2,000 laptop I had for sale. They told me they paid through PayPal and that once I loaded a tracking number the funds would be immediately released. I received an email from a PayPal email or what appeared to be a legit paypal email address showing the payment with funds pending had been made and the hyperlink in the email ACTUALLY took me straight to Paypals website. Wasn't a single indicator it was fake EXCEPT for the fact that I happen to have a business account with PayPal and KNOW that they don't and CAN'T request tracking info as that's between seller and buyer if it's to be included. If I didnt know that one detail I would have definitely shipped it. So please everyone just be overly cautious!!!!
He wanted the prostitutes address too!!!! Probably thinking DOUBLE WIN, getting a sucker to send me $500 AND some whores. That's a good days work 🤣
My mother, 72, sent 3000$ before she realized it was a scam. But the guy was super nice she said.
l had two seperate people tell me through Facebook that I'd won a large amount of money from the Facebook lottery...one had a picture of an older gentleman...the things he was asking me..my details that are actually there plainly to see in my profile he just repeatedly kept asking for me to give them to him..l told him they are already there, that l don't need to repeat them..anyway, l gave him a false address and he shows me a pic of a prize winning certificate with my name on it..problem was that my name was in a totally different font to the rest..meanwhile all through this conversation that he sounded like a scammer to me and l kept calling him a scammer..man did l p**s him off..chuckle..he also told me l had to come to California to pick up my winnings and l kept telling him that l couldn't because l lived in another country..he wanted me to pay Fedex to send it And l told him 'No' that is something the company pays for..l really pissed him off..
another one in the same week told me I'd won $80000 but l would need to pay him $1000 as a commission for handling the winnings..told him No too..the company can pay that..lets just say that now these two blokes are blocked..
Load More Replies...Had thrice phone calls from so call MICROSOFT. The guy on the phone know my name. He said that his company Microsoft saw that my pc had been hacked. He asked if he repair the pc by taking control of it. He than asked me if I had a credit card, I said yes. Would I please give him the account number , the pin number , the name and address of my bank, and please he said also your password. I yes of course, I gave him a fake credit card number. I was suppose to pay so could clean-up the pc. He tried to download my informations and of course he couldn't empty my account, again for all the infos above . This went on for 1 hour or so. Finally he bawled me out and said I was a stupid b***h since I was unable to transmit the information correctly. The morality of the is Microsoft never calls it's clients and the little guy lost his time on me.
I love how angry they get. I requested a Notice of Debt from a scammer and cited the code under the Federal law covering debt collections and "Agent Harris" replied "F**k it...go to jail then you dumb b***h. I was only trying to help you take care of this but now I'm turning it over to the Ingham county prosecutors office. Rot in jail". Correct county - good job but it was regarding a so called payday loan which is a civil matter if unpaid. Told me I would be served at my place of employment before 5pm to which I HAPPILY provided the correct address, which they'd never know it was actually where I worked even though I was telling the truth but plenty of potential victims give the # or address to the cops, I just happened to work for the State Police. These scammers are just too damn much!
Load More Replies...That is the best thing i have read in ages!! it just got better and better! That drawing at the end just topped it off nicely!!! Just all the references to amigo loans and prostitutes!! amazing!!
Frankly, I almost pissed myself laughinh while reading this conversation! Brilliant :D
I love it! I did something similar on the computer with the so called Microsoft idiots! Kept him on the phone pretending I did not understand what key to hit. Finally he yelled at me "HIT THE FU___ KEY F1" lol I hung up
So, why did it end so abruptly? Kinda like stepping off a curb into a mud puddle that was deeper than it looked. 🤪
The guy began adamantly requesting pictures of his kid. That's why. So he blocked him.
Load More Replies...I'm in the middle of a chat with a scammer on my instagram page. It's great fun!! No one should fall for these scams!! My 419er is saying he's starving and needs money for his family. I said I'd send hi €100 if he pays the postage of €20...I don't think he's biting BUT I have a business proposition for him when he comes back.
I've come across a scam where someone will advertise an apartment to rent but because the 'owner' is based overseas, they want you to put down a deposit before they 'mail you the keys'. I started going on about the fact that I kept rare poisonous snakes as pets and did my roommate's job as a 'massage therapist' count as employment? (One of those situations where they want proof of employment).
I think it's amazing that the scammer kept going after telling the guy to 'F**k off.' Right back to pure professionalism a minute later.
Don't millions of people do this everyday? I've been doing it for years...not everyday obviously but when I'm bored and one hits me up...I just find it so much freakin fun playing with them....the ones that are the most hilarious I share with a few friends. I really love the Nigerian ones who try a fake romance then after perhaps 5 exchanges they love me...in another 2 they want $ cuz gasp they were left in Nigeria by their ship (they always pretend to be from where I am but on work detail as an engineer). I just love stringing them along ...making them think there's a huge payday coming in 5mins LOL But I'm surprised so many are acting like this is a new thing...I've seen so many of these "scammers owned by funny blah blah" it's like a dime a dozen now. Yet you have people calling him a "legend" for doing this. Good grief. For one I've seen way way more funny scammer send ups than this one, it was a bit funny yes...but legend? Now that's funny!
Some of the best videos I've seen on YouTube are of people scamming the scammers. lol
I'm a true DIE HARD fan of QUEEN. Well, I got one claiming to be Brian May, saying that he really wanted to meet me but that his management insisted i pay. He claimed that his manager insists that I pay $5,000! When I told him that I don't have that kind of money he said that he would pay $3,00 himself, but I HAD to pay the remaining $2,000! So i strung him along for a few. You see, Brian May is worth over $175 million! Why would he need ME, a disabled mom, to pay $2,00 to meet him! The fact that he said that it was for his plane fare made it even funnier!(QUEEN own their own plane!) I finally ended it by saying that I couldn't wait to meet him, I have the rope all ready to tie him to my bed! (Of course I really wanted to meet Freddie, rest his beautiful soul!)
O read the whole thing ok, that doesn't happen a lot ok, I had fun, ok
I got 2 of them. One guy said he was from the FIB and I owed $500 to the IRS and would be arrested if I did not pay it within 2 hours. I mean really the FIB ? The second was the my grandson was in jail and the guy was a bail bondsman. I asked which one I have 10 of them. He hung up when he could not produce a name. I had already heard of this one.
I have zero patience with scammers. Especially when they don't have the most basic facts (or grammar) correct to even do a semi-decent job of scamming. I've had some guy try to lure me into a pyramid scheme on Facebook, but he at least had decent communication skills and was willing to let me go when I said firmly that I wasn't interested.
I just hang up now! I couldn’t be bothered talking to the lowlifes! 😡 This guy done a brilliant job...I hope he really pissed that scammer off! 😂
I just love a lyric from cold sase - 2 Iwas so much older then - younger than before" pls enlighten ma as to who sung it - they had amazing music
The Byrds? "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" from My Back Pages was originally done by Bob Dylan but covered by the Byrds
Load More Replies...HAH! I think the CEO of Facebook would have told the 10 lucky winners like they are entered in a contest
A lot of these scams known as 419 scams were part of my daily read. 419 I believe refers to the criminal code in Nigeria that this scam falls under. Anyway there was a site 419eaters.com. The person who ran the site basically baited the folks doing the scams by getting them to send him something small in exchange for him to send the money. It sometimes was a picture, even money. So if you want more of this sort of fun do a search online for 419 scams or baits or that sort of deal. Enjoy! ok
Ok, these things are usually not that funny.. But this guy seems like a hoot!
According to my internet I have won about 25 million - but am not stupid enough to click on their links - have also won dozens of cars (i dont drive) and compensation for 100's of accidents i havent had
Luckily e-mails like this automatically arrive in my spam folder, which I do not read. Who knows what I could have "won" by now!
Load More Replies...once you tell the oold callers on the other end of tthata phone that your only 6 years old - they kind of stop bothering you
True. But people who do this, cause them to lose time to scam other people. So if you have a talent for this and the time to do this, it is a great thing to do. Because they scam less people in the time you keep them busy.
Load More Replies...I don't know why but I read the scammer's lines in my head with an indian accent. Oh wait.. I know why. Because THEY'RE SCAMMERS!
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