Comments on: Gone phishin’ http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:19:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Robohobo http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23353 Robohobo Thu, 01 Jan 1970 04:59:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23353 you have to do the math. if someone can send out say 10,000 emails a day for 100 days that is 1,000,000 emails. what if 1/10th of 1% respond and send money to upper slobovia? that is 1000 respondents. now say 1% of those send say $100. then that is $1,000 for the effort. in nigeria that is a princely sum. enough to ake sure your daughter gets a couple years more school or is able to see a doctor. i think you know where this is heading. some are duped, but the dupers need the boost, badly. the hobo you have to do the math. if someone can send out say 10,000 emails a day for 100 days that is 1,000,000 emails. what if 1/10th of 1% respond and send money to upper slobovia? that is 1000 respondents. now say 1% of those send say $100. then that is $1,000 for the effort. in nigeria that is a princely sum. enough to ake sure your daughter gets a couple years more school or is able to see a doctor. i think you know where this is heading. some are duped, but the dupers need the boost, badly.

the hobo

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23350 Ymarsakar Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:53:16 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23350 Come on, Neo. If people can believe in Noam Chomsky, Cronkite, and Carter's bs, why not some stranger in an email? Come on, Neo. If people can believe in Noam Chomsky, Cronkite, and Carter’s bs, why not some stranger in an email?

]]> By: Gray http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23347 Gray Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:37:34 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23347 Yeah, Dumbass Democrat Congressman Ed Mezvinsky--Chelsea Clinton's future father-in-law. For millions of his and his clients' money.... http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/12/father_of_chels.html What do I win? Yeah, Dumbass Democrat Congressman Ed Mezvinsky–Chelsea Clinton’s future father-in-law.

For millions of his and his clients’ money….

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/12/father_of_chels.html

What do I win?

]]> By: Debbie http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23345 Debbie Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:44:51 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23345 I actually got a letter yesterday informing I won some euro-lottery. Transparent scam, but I was amused, I did not know they bothered with snail mail anymore, it being so much more expensive and difficult than e-mail. Of course that tells me just how lucrative these are. I actually got a letter yesterday informing I won some euro-lottery. Transparent scam, but I was amused, I did not know they bothered with snail mail anymore, it being so much more expensive and difficult than e-mail. Of course that tells me just how lucrative these are.

]]> By: Mikey NTH http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23344 Mikey NTH Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:49:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23344 Yes people do respond to these things. I was talking to a US postal inspector once and he had a case where a woman had given a large amount of money after an anonymous solicitation. He tried to explain to her that she had been defrauded, but she refused to believe it. Yes, it does happen. Yes people do respond to these things. I was talking to a US postal inspector once and he had a case where a woman had given a large amount of money after an anonymous solicitation. He tried to explain to her that she had been defrauded, but she refused to believe it.

Yes, it does happen.

]]> By: Cappy http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23341 Cappy Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:59:20 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23341 Yes. This is the major means of fund raising for liberals. Yes. This is the major means of fund raising for liberals.

]]> By: Fausta http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23339 Fausta Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:56:42 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23339 And here I thought George was <a href="http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=back-where-he-belongs-&method=full&objectid=18276298&siteid=62484-name_page.html">on tour</a>. And here I thought George was on tour.

]]> By: Anonymous http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23338 Anonymous Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:07:56 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23338 I heard that troutsky, Steve, UB, Spanky, pete and neoneoconned did really well with their George Michael investments... I heard that troutsky, Steve, UB, Spanky, pete and neoneoconned did really well with their George Michael investments…

]]> By: Assistant Village Idiot http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23337 Assistant Village Idiot Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:08:32 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23337 Now, now. Don't attribute worse sense to liberals than they demonstrate. There's enough of that. Now, now. Don’t attribute worse sense to liberals than they demonstrate. There’s enough of that.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23351 Ymarsakar Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:46:42 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23351 Let's just call it Assisting Lefty Villagers, and leave it at that. Let’s just call it Assisting Lefty Villagers, and leave it at that.

]]> By: strcpy http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23352 strcpy Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:50:30 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23352 It is called "greed" - it is amazing what the human mind can rationalize if it really really wants too. There are satire webpages that post e-mails from believers - the website it self has "satire" in name, "satire" in header, and satire in the footer and *still* get questions if the Nigerian billionaire philanthropist is real (they heard there was a scam but are not sure - this sounds real) and if so how to get a hold of him. Of course, some of them are fake, but then others are not. If they didn't work they wouldn't be sent. It is called “greed” - it is amazing what the human mind can rationalize if it really really wants too.

There are satire webpages that post e-mails from believers - the website it self has “satire” in name, “satire” in header, and satire in the footer and *still* get questions if the Nigerian billionaire philanthropist is real (they heard there was a scam but are not sure - this sounds real) and if so how to get a hold of him.

Of course, some of them are fake, but then others are not. If they didn’t work they wouldn’t be sent.

]]> By: Scrapiron http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23346 Scrapiron Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:24:46 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23346 I get several of the con emails per week and they go to the spam folder where they are easily deleted. I'll make a little wager, millions of Americans fall for the email scams and 99 44/100% of them vote democrat. Any more questions about why they keep sending them out. Over 45% of the American people need some type of mental health care (UC study), and 48% of Americans normally vote democrat. I see a connection. I get several of the con emails per week and they go to the spam folder where they are easily deleted. I’ll make a little wager, millions of Americans fall for the email scams and 99 44/100% of them vote democrat. Any more questions about why they keep sending them out.

Over 45% of the American people need some type of mental health care (UC study), and 48% of Americans normally vote democrat. I see a connection.

]]> By: Steve Rosenbach http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23354 Steve Rosenbach Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:15:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23354 Check out the "scam baiting" topic on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_baiting "Scam baiting" is pretending to fall for a scam in order to yank the spammer's chain, so to speak. I wouldn't try it myself - don't know if it might be dangerous, but there are some very funny examples on the web of correspondence between clever scam-baiters and scammers. Check out the “scam baiting” topic on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_baiting

“Scam baiting” is pretending to fall for a scam in order to yank the spammer’s chain, so to speak. I wouldn’t try it myself - don’t know if it might be dangerous, but there are some very funny examples on the web of correspondence between clever scam-baiters and scammers.

]]> By: eeyore http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23355 eeyore Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:22:35 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23355 I don't know. I have this e-mail from Naser Al Belooshi (don't know if he's related to Jim Belushi or not) in Bahrain who will give me part of his $4 million fortune for distributing 80% to the poor. I'll get $800,000 as soon as I give him my bank account information. He knows I am a kind and generous person who will do his wishes, unlike his evil and greedy family who will only use it for themselves. Though it does seem strange this Bahraini would use an Italian e-mail address. I guess he is rich enough to afford the long distance connection charges. Well, off to see if my account can hold that much money. I don’t know. I have this e-mail from Naser Al Belooshi (don’t know if he’s related to Jim Belushi or not) in Bahrain who will give me part of his $4 million fortune for distributing 80% to the poor. I’ll get $800,000 as soon as I give him my bank account information.

He knows I am a kind and generous person who will do his wishes, unlike his evil and greedy family who will only use it for themselves. Though it does seem strange this Bahraini would use an Italian e-mail address. I guess he is rich enough to afford the long distance connection charges.

Well, off to see if my account can hold that much money.

]]> By: david foster http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23356 david foster Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:20:34 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23356 A few years ago, the Securities & Exchange Commission put up a scam website advertising some kind of quite unbelievable investment--something like "gold-backed senior debentures with minimum yield of 70% annually." The idea was that when someone clicked the "invest here" button, they would get a message from the SEC warning them that "if this had been a real investment website, you would have lost money." Apparently, some of the would-be victims tried to contact the "website owner" and inform them that their site had been hacked by the SEC. They still wanted to invest! When I read about this, I immediately thought of those who continue to be true believers in the UN..... A few years ago, the Securities & Exchange Commission put up a scam website advertising some kind of quite unbelievable investment–something like “gold-backed senior debentures with minimum yield of 70% annually.” The idea was that when someone clicked the “invest here” button, they would get a message from the SEC warning them that “if this had been a real investment website, you would have lost money.”

Apparently, some of the would-be victims tried to contact the “website owner” and inform them that their site had been hacked by the SEC. They still wanted to invest!

When I read about this, I immediately thought of those who continue to be true believers in the UN…..

]]> By: Fistandantalus http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23357 Fistandantalus Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:55:02 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23357 If you ever see the sites where someone scams the spammers, they are hilarious. They go right through the whole process with them, right up to arrest. If you ever see the sites where someone scams the spammers, they are hilarious. They go right through the whole process with them, right up to arrest.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23340 Ymarsakar Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:08:52 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/12/19/gone-phishin/#comment-23340 <B>Over 45% of the American people need some type of mental health care (UC study), and 48% of Americans normally vote democrat. I see a connection. Scrapiron | 12.20.06 - 9:29 am | # </b> The land of therapy is ever lasting, Neo. You chose a good career path as a member of the Left! Over 45% of the American people need some type of mental health care (UC study), and 48% of Americans normally vote democrat. I see a connection.
Scrapiron | 12.20.06 - 9:29 am | #

The land of therapy is ever lasting, Neo. You chose a good career path as a member of the Left!

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