To: nickcarraway
Mr. Chiu sounds like a meathead.
Pity.
2 posted on
07/14/2011 12:48:08 PM PDT by
RexBeach
(Mr. Obama can't count.)
To: nickcarraway
At some point you have to wonder if the criminals might make more intelligent use of the money.
To: nickcarraway
So the company called and asked him to repeat the transaction
120,000 times...and he complied?
Somethin' ain't right here.
To: nickcarraway
It would be nice touch to send him the croissant.
7 posted on
07/14/2011 12:52:23 PM PDT by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
The man, only identified by his last name, Chiu... Of course, the whole point of the story is...
That a man named "chew" never got to eat his croissant.
-PJ
11 posted on
07/14/2011 12:56:39 PM PDT by
Political Junkie Too
(Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
To: nickcarraway
He should meet my Nigerian friends - one of them is the son of a General and will be sending me $12 million any day now!
12 posted on
07/14/2011 12:57:38 PM PDT by
PGR88
(I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
To: nickcarraway
Hey,Chiu! I got a 300k bottle of Tums I’ll let you have for 200k. That’ll help you out. Just looking out for you, buddy.
15 posted on
07/14/2011 1:01:22 PM PDT by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: nickcarraway
The US Congress needs to hire him as a budget analyst. He would be an improvement.
16 posted on
07/14/2011 1:03:57 PM PDT by
HereInTheHeartland
(I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
To: nickcarraway
i’m guessing the $400,000 is in taiwanese dollars (nice reporting)
at the current exchange rate ($1 taiwan == $0.0347 USD), $400,000 taiwan would be about $13,880 USD
of course, it would still mean he complied with 4,000 requests for verification from the scammers
not very bright
17 posted on
07/14/2011 1:05:08 PM PDT by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: nickcarraway
He had transmitted 12 million Taiwan dollars before realising he had been scammed. At 99 dollars a pop....that's a hell of a lot of transactions.
The penultimate moron.
19 posted on
07/14/2011 1:08:26 PM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(If you think it's time to bury your weapons.....it's time to dig them up.)
To: nickcarraway
Chiu must be pretty stupid,
I bet he did cry.
25 posted on
07/14/2011 1:17:02 PM PDT by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: nickcarraway
A Taiwanese man reportedly paid about $400,000 for a croissant he never got to eat.This sounds like something Obama would try buying with tax payer money.
To: nickcarraway
His wife reportedly said, “Ah, Chiu...”
31 posted on
07/14/2011 1:49:28 PM PDT by
ez
("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, "Paradise Lost")
To: nickcarraway
Caveat Emptor.
32 posted on
07/14/2011 1:50:13 PM PDT by
EggsAckley
( There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply ! !)
To: nickcarraway
$400K for a croissant?
Sounds like Mr. Chiu got “rolled.”
Pun intended.
33 posted on
07/14/2011 2:27:52 PM PDT by
Tucker39
To: nickcarraway; SunkenCiv; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
Chiu on that
To: nickcarraway
I just hope Chiu isn’t Chinese for “Boehner”
38 posted on
07/14/2011 7:22:54 PM PDT by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: nickcarraway
I fell for an Internet scam just this week (true!), for the sum of $27.00 American dollars, a fortune for a starving child in Africa. Fortunately, I called my credit card company who helped me recover the fortune.
To: nickcarraway
Which proves the old adage: “A fool and his money were damned lucky to get together in the first place!”, or something like that .................................. FRegards
43 posted on
07/14/2011 9:49:44 PM PDT by
gonzo
( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms .................. FRegards)
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