An emotional John Rempel tells his story of how he has lost $150,000 of the family's money to a Nigerian scam. Photograph by: Nick Brancaccio, The Windsor Star
An emotional John Rempel tells his story of how he has lost $150,000 of the family's money to a Nigerian scam. Photograph by: Nick Brancaccio, The Windsor Star
PT Barnum said there is a sucker born every minute...well, that saying is false, there are actually hundreds of suckers born every minute, and all ya gotta do is find one
Wow, what a complete idiot. Having said that, I DO feel sorry for him. That’s got to be a heavy burdon to cary.
Advice for this guy:
Accept that greed got you where you are. Accept that only you are responsible. Deal accordingly.
Sounds like the entire family tree needs to get a clue.
It’s hard to believe ANYONE could be that stupid.
How sad that his family members took a hit as well.
Is this for real?? I can’t believe someone fell for this.!
Stupid is as stupid does.
This guy is an amazingly stupid moron. WOW!
Boy, the Nigerians sure knew when they had a real live one, huh? I hope to God that this guy hasn’t and doesn’t ever reproduce.
Idiot.
Oh, NOW I feel so stupid!
Sadly, this kid is one of my peers.
A couple “hunters” going on “safari” would clear things up...
You know, it strikes me that this fellow is either a completely hapless bozo who fell for a ridiculous scam........ or he himself might be a supremely clever young scam artist who has succeeded in swindling his family out of $150,000.
Just thinking.
I love their stilted British business letter “style” . . . along with all the grammatical errors. Strike just the right note for legitimacy.
Aw jeeze, the scam worked on someone. Now there’ll be no end to the spam!
Home Depot Scam
A "heads up" for those of you who may be regular Home Depot customers.
Over the last month I became a victim of a clever Scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don't be naive enough to think it couldn't happen to you!
Here's how the scam works:
Two seriously good-looking 20-21 year-old girls come over to your car as you are packing your shopping into the trunk. They both start wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, with their breasts almost falling out of their skimpy T-shirts. It is impossible not to look.
When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say "No" and instead ask you for a ride to another Home Depot or Lowe's.
You agree and they get in the back seat. On the way, they start (censored) with each other. Then one of them climbs over into the front seat and Performs (censored) on you, while the other one steals Your wallet.
I had my wallet stolen September 4th, 9th, & 10th, Twice on the 15th, again on the17th, 20th, & 24th. Also October 1st, 3rd, and twice on the 7th, and three times just yesterday and very likely again this upcoming weekend.
So be careful.
Here’s another one to be aware of:
We listed a carpet for sale on Craigslist. We got an e-mail basically saying “I’ll buy the rug, a check along with shipping instructions are in the mail.”
The guy wanted us to deposit his check, then immediately get a money order to send to his “shipping company”, but the amount he was “paying for shipping” was more than the value of the rug. My wife and I looked at each other and said “This has got to be a scam”.
She started by tracking down the check - it was one of a batch which had been stolen from a credit union in Minnesota, so she got the URL info from the scammer and made contact with the FBI, where she was told that there wasn’t anything they could do about it.
The object of the scam was to get us to deposit a worthless check and send a money order. By the time the worthless check didn’t clear, the money order would have been cashed and the perps would be on to the next victim.
Be aware! If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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