tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post4540220226714480031..comments2023-10-10T05:17:55.737-07:00Comments on Crushed By Ingsoc: Not Born Yesterday, Scam MerchantsCrushedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-11308341374635243822007-05-29T06:18:00.000-07:002007-05-29T06:18:00.000-07:00"The number you have dialled has not been recognis..."The number you have dialled has not been recognised"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-14990760156443261552007-05-29T06:21:00.000-07:002007-05-29T06:21:00.000-07:00The trouble is that some people will be fooled. th...The trouble is that some people will be fooled. then again, my father-in-law is so dotty that if they tried it on him, he'd probably end up getting money out of them, they'd all be so confused. we can hope anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-39899888812963442802007-05-29T08:09:00.000-07:002007-05-29T08:09:00.000-07:00hurry now ingsoc!!! you may forfeit your one oppo...hurry now ingsoc!!! you may forfeit your one opportunity to become a rich bastard. make sure to send them all, all, all your personal, private info and a processing fee of $500 (i can't find the pounds symbol).<br><br>i am confused though as i didn't see the very typical, "don't forget to forward this email to fifty of your buddies or you'll suffer a heart attack in the next twenty minutes.... this is serious!!!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-42011604920217216992007-05-29T08:18:00.000-07:002007-05-29T08:18:00.000-07:00Mrs Stella Forgot-surname could do with some instr...Mrs Stella Forgot-surname could do with some instruction on the use of the conditional tense, too. This kind of rubbish clogging up yourin-box is so irritating, I agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-64324537606025282252007-05-29T09:36:00.000-07:002007-05-29T09:36:00.000-07:00nope....number not recognised. i rang the number ...nope....number not recognised. <br><br>i rang the number hoping to do some heavy breathing and maybe score some phone sex, but it was not to be....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-77965456425246315662007-05-29T09:41:00.000-07:002007-05-29T09:41:00.000-07:00The spam seems to be out of control lately.Persona...The spam seems to be out of control lately.<br><br>Personally I would leave the number up and running. Let the idiots get fleeced once they are skint there will be nop oint sending out spam. Seems to be the only way it is going to stop. My original plan of execution of the dozy people who call does not seem to meet with peoples approval.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-55192537566570033162007-05-29T10:06:00.000-07:002007-05-29T10:06:00.000-07:00Liz- that's the people aboutRaffi- Don't worry. I ...Liz- that's the people about<br><br>Raffi- Don't worry. I won one and a half million last friday, and I have a dead relative I never heard of whose money is in a bank in Burkina Faso.<br>According to my inbox<br><br>Welshcakes- the grammar throughout is pisspoor. And the multiplicity of contact information/e mail addresses contained within is also a giveaway.<br><br>JJ- I suspect he probably also runs some phone sex scams.<br><br>Bag- There's one born everyday. Otherwise People wouldn't STILL be calling 09 numbers to answer inane TV quiz questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-23515672659986608472007-05-30T03:04:00.000-07:002007-05-30T03:04:00.000-07:00Thats so freaky. One of my workmates got one of th...Thats so freaky. One of my workmates got one of those IN THE MAIL from SPAIN the other day. Apparently the story they sent was that they had bought the ticket for her and were now keeping her share of the winning safe. <br><br>Send $1000 to this address... etc etc etc.<br><br>The creepy bit - they had her name and address to send it to her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334391160365031546.post-5987420294071846632007-05-30T05:59:00.000-07:002007-05-30T05:59:00.000-07:00This is a great website, where people write back t...This is a great website, where people write back to the scammers - anti-scam - and give them a taste of their own medicine. The focus is on the Nigerian ones, but I guess you could apply the same principle to lottery scams: <br><br><a href="" rel="nofollow">http://www.scamorama.com/</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com