Entitlement society

[Just_A_Guy]

Originally Posted by DigitalShadow

This gives me a great idea for the next big email scam...

Dear <insert name here>,
President Obama's new stimulus plan has just been put in to place and our records indicate that you are qualified to receive $20,000. In order to get your share of this massive government handout, all you need to do is reply to this email with your bank account information and within 2-4 weeks the money should arrive in your account.

<some fake name>,
US Department of the Treasury

<add official looking seal>

That'll only work if you claim to be a distantly related cousin of the President's, currently living in Kenya.

[Hemidakota]

Originally Posted by DigitalShadow

This gives me a great idea for the next big email scam...

Dear <insert name here>,
President Obama's new stimulus plan has just been put in to place and our records indicate that you are qualified to receive $20,000. In order to get your share of this massive government handout, all you need to do is reply to this email with your bank account information and within 2-4 weeks the money should arrive in your account.

<some fake name>,
US Department of the Treasury

<add official looking seal>

Don't give the Nigerians the idea...

[Mahone]

Originally Posted by ploomf

Nope sorry Mahone. No money for you. Although you should go talk to President Obama. I just got an email for him this morning, he wants to give me £1,000,000 sterling silver. Such a nice guy. Maybe if you'd ask him he'd give you some too. Oh and you should play the lottery, in the past week I've won the Irish lottery, the English lottery, and a few others. Who knew you could win without even entering. Nice of them.

Further to this, I don't know how many of you have heard of Welcome to the 419 Eater . What is known as the Nigerian scam is also called the 419 scam (due to a section of Nigerian law) and 419eater basically encourages people to reply to these 419 e-mails and "scam bait" them along without actually allowing them to scam you. Eventually they will catch on that you are mocking them, but there are two purposes to this: 1. It's really fun what you can make them do at the prospect of them receiving your money and 2. The more time they spend thinking they can scam you, the less time they spend trying to scam someone else who is more gullible.

So, if anyone has some spare time on their hands and wants a laugh, go for it. Incidently, don't use your real e-mail address or name. Next time you receive a 419 scam e-mail, register a new e-mail address and reply to it from there. The scammer won't notice the change in e-mail address as he sends the e-mail to so many people he won't remember who will have received it. I've done it a couple of times in the past