Woman pays $180 for wooden iPad

[afa]

Originally Posted by xg4bx

my wife works at a bank, once or twice a week people come in for a money order or cashiers check to send to nigeria because of the unclaimed lottery winnings email.

Still?? Surely, everyone should know about this scam by now... Are these people living under a rock?

Originally Posted by DianNC

Especially if the guy selling it has a gold toof!!!

Oh, especially then.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

No wonder!! I just assumed it was a betamax and my vhs tapes just wouldn't work with it. But now that you mention it... it is rather brick-like in appearance.

"Think of how stupid the average person is now days, and then realize, half of them are stupider than that!" [George Carlin]

[xg4bx]

Originally Posted by afa

Still?? Surely, everyone should know about this scam by now... Are these people living under a rock?



Oh, especially then.

they've tried explaining it to these people and they just won't hear it. they're convinced its legitimate, that somehow theirs is real.

people falling for these "fell off a truck" or nigerian lottery scams have reached a point where i don't think the scammer should even be prosecuted for it. the "victim" should chalk it up to live and learn. personally i'd feel too stupid to even report it to the police.

[Andrew H.]

I don't have any sympathy for people who fall for these kind of scams since they know (or, more accurately, believe) that they are buying something stolen. Complaining to police that the new ipad you thought you were buying for $180 from some guy in a McDonald's parking lot (still sealed and in a fed ex box!) was fake is pretty much the same as complaining to police that the marijuana you thought you were buying turned out to be oregano.

[carpetmojo]

Originally Posted by vulcan_girl

.....someone would buy a TV that had "fallen off the truck" and once they got it home, the TV turned out to be an oven door.

The trick is - ALLEGEDLY - to know someone with a second truck, upon which the fallee from the first truck, will fall.

Having their own truck provides evidence of sound commercial practice, and the increased likelihood of a mattress in the back, thus avoiding damage and provision of good quality merchandise...........

[carpetmojo]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Ba-dump bump.

Wheres the "rimshot" emoticon when you need it?

[booklover6]

Why wouldn't the person at least open the box? Is this story even true?

[mbelec]

Maybe it's a stone age ipad?

[carld]

I was going to say it's an iPlank, but apparently that joke's been done.

[crich70]

Well it's possible there are bugs in the software then (termites). lol.

[rkomar]

She can call it her "myBad".

[CazMar]

When I worked in the finance sector I remember laughing at one of those Nigerian money scam emails (the ones that say " have $50 million US$ in a secret account and just need all your bank details so I can transfer it to you" etc etc) I made some comments about the stupidity of anyone who would fall for such an obvious con. A colleague (very red faced) admitted that some of his wealth businessmen clients had actually been taken in and only just escaped having their bank accounts cleaned out due to their bank getting suspicious about the transaction! Human greed makes people behave in strange ways - that's how conmen work.

[CazMar]

Originally Posted by crich70

Well it's possible there are bugs in the software then (termites). lol.

[JimMcLaren]

Originally Posted by Quexos

If you wish to have a penis enlargement absolutely guaranteed and if you want an anti virus which I am the only one to provide for the virus that I can detect you are having right now in your computer and if you want to help those starving in Africa send me your money straight to my bank account. All results guaranteed of course.
Oh and I almost forgot, my software detects that you are the 1 millionth reader of this message (yes I swear) quick, contact me to claim your prize (I'll need your credit card info for that of course) and last but not least you have won an online lottery, prize is a million Euros. To claim it please send to my account 3000 dollars for the processing of your gains, after reception of that sum, I'll send your prize (again I swear).

Please provide the necessary information so I can send the money to your account. I'm looking forward to claiming my prize of a million Euros. You can keep the rest.

[carld]

Originally Posted by CazMar

When I worked in the finance sector I remember laughing at one of those Nigerian money scam emails (the ones that say " have $50 million US$ in a secret account and just need all your bank details so I can transfer it to you" etc etc) I made some comments about the stupidity of anyone who would fall for such an obvious con.

A guy I worked with got a call from his "bank" with a problem. They needed to verify all his account info, which he happily did over the phone. When his wife told be about it I was shocked . She called the bank and managed to keep their accounts from being drained.