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An insulting scam!
Any time a business proposition includes the following phrases, we're all ears, or rather, the ears are all ours: "obscure proposal of mutual interest," "this transaction shall be legally done without hitch," "I vehemently risk my job to send you this email," "kindly reach me back at this juncture." Kindly stop trying to scam us with these poorly written missives! Here's the e-mail (we left out the contact e-mail address, you know, just in case) Kind Proposal 11 comments from 11 users
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posted by
dynaglide
on Jan 29, 2009 at 10:32 AM
I receive these on a daily basis. I can't believe the stupidity. I report them on a daily basis and hope some day they will be caught. posted by
NancyII
on Jan 29, 2009 at 10:45 AM
posted by
jfrancais
on Jan 29, 2009 at 11:01 AM
posted by
LoveVintage
on Jan 29, 2009 at 11:32 AM
I use to get these all of the time & when I did, I reported them just as dyna. spam code: key qb (hmm, wonder if this is some kind of clue for me to bet on the Super Bowl this Sunday) posted by
Shwaine
on Jan 29, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Reporting typically does little good as they are likely using resources that would not respond to polite requests to cut it out. At best, your ISP will add that text to their spam blocking tool. And I see jfrancis likes to partake of the fine sport of reverse-Nigerian-scamming. posted by
learnem
on Jan 29, 2009 at 11:51 AM
"they walk among us" comes to mind about the dumbass gullible people that fall for this crap. on the contrary...i have read online posts of people who have scammed the scammers....pretty funny stuff posted by
randomfactor
on Jan 29, 2009 at 11:54 AM
One of them last year wanted my phone number. I gave 'em the White House Switchboard. Probably got some of the bailout funds, come to think of it... posted by
msjenny
on Jan 29, 2009 at 12:11 PM
RF too funny LMHO... posted by
sys_mom
on Jan 29, 2009 at 12:34 PM
With all of the scams that get tried now a days the banks are being more careful about the types of checks they allow customers to deposit. I have had to wait weeks sometimes for my funds to free up while my bank verified available funds on the accounts of the people paying me. Thank goodness I didn't need that money immediately. posted by
hughbetcha
on Jan 29, 2009 at 12:50 PM
You are so right, jfrancais! Having a little fun with scammers is a favorite past time of mine. Particularly the phone scammers who want me to extend a warranty on my vehicle. Hit the "2" and you can get a live person. My record for tying them up with BS and double talk is around ten minutes. I figure that's ten minutes they can't be bugging someone else. I'll interrupt them to say, "hang on, someone's at the door" then let them start over and then say "Wait, my dog needs outside, be right back" then when they start over I say "Just a sec, son just put peanut butter up his nose"......etc. See how many interruptions you can throw out there before they give up in exasperation. posted by
an1ok1joe
on Jan 30, 2009 at 02:18 AM
I liked how one person on The Bob and Tom Show did once. They recorded the phone scammer with their pitch and the whole time the scammer was talking to this guy the guy made moaning sounds as if he were in the throws of passion" It was pretty hilarious. I've often thought about doing that if a telemarketer called here. But since I'm on the National Do Not Disturb list it's rare they call and talk. They just call and hang up.
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