[fwdude]

A sucker born every day.

No sympathy.

[Chickensoup]

I had a great time with this scam.

Over a period of 5 days:

He was supposedly and engineer who lost his wallet in Turkey.

Wanted 50 bucks

I told him that I thought he would need at least 500

He was pretty happy

I asked him for the address so I could mail him a check

He informed me that I would need to telegram the 500

I told him we didnt have telegrams in our area

He informed me that Walmart would have needed system

I told him I would go down in the morning and wire the money

He told me that he had been waiting all day long and the money had not come in

I told him that I sent it and that the receiving station was dishonest.

Never heard from him again

Satisfying

[unixfox]

Not that women scam men everyday or anything like that. Oh no. Never.

[PGR88]

[CFW]

My mother, who was as sharp as a tack up until the day of her death a few months ago at the ripe old age of 89, used to enjoy aggravating the scammers. She said she didn’t understand how so many elderly people fell for the scams.

When a guy would call and tell her he was her favorite grandson, in jail and needing money, she would respond that all her grandsons were at her table eating lunch at the moment. Sometimes she’d ask which daughter did he belong to and to call her instead. Or, she would say “my grandsons are too smart to be in jail”. They would get so mad at her.

[GreenHornet]

Claire Spencer revealed that back in 2021 she met 'Jack' on the dating app Plenty of Fish and was within three weeks being asked for £1,000. The fraudster had pretended to be stranded in Cambodia - with his wallet stolen - and had become 'aggressive' when his victim was hesitant to offer any cash up. Jack had even suggested she sell her car or take a loan out, just to rescue him from the emergency.

....and she didn't find this the least bit suspicious?