Fucking hell.
Tonight, one of my co-workers asked me if I've ever sent money through Western Union.
Yup, I have, so I asked him what he was sending and where.

"Oh", he replied, "I got this second job for a guy who's in Nigeria for 6 months, doing errands for him around OC. He wants me to cash these money orders, buy some art supplies and send him the rest of the money. And I get $300 a week"

Hello ALARM BELLS. I quickly brought him up to speed on Nigerian scams involving money orders and Western Union, and so I looked it up for him and showed him it was indeed a scam.

Thank fuck he never cashed the money orders. So, he's off to call the FBI, and take the checks into the bank they're drawn on.

*shakes head at the naivety of it all*
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 0:52, 6 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

nice one
Never known anyone personally scammed, but I know not to go near anything Nigerian.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 3:01, Reply)

I'm in the very place right now....
Give me his address and I'll pop round with a packet of felt tips. It's known as '419' scam after the piece of Nigerian legislation designed to deal with these fraudsters.....There's a few active groups of that like to bait the scammers who aren't always that sophisticated or smart to be honest!
(Oil Slick, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 18:38, Reply)

what's his number?
i've got a can't-miss investment opportunity i'd like to propose to him.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 3:19, Reply)

What a doofus.
I guess some people still fall for that crap if they're still using the scam.
( girlinthehole, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 8:37, Reply)

My boss came into the office a couple of weeks ago
waving a letter that said he'd won a lottery run by some company that had a photo of a doctor and a professor at the bottom. He was rather excited and asked me to write a reply for him, so I wrote

'Sir, thanks for your letter dated etc. I've never heard of your company, entered a lottery or been offered money for nothing. The phrases 'the best things in life are free' and 'there's no such thing as a free lunch' are doing epic battle in my head, but I think I know which one's going to overthrow the rebels.'

He took the letter from me and read it, screwed both letters up and went to make tea.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 9:08, Reply)

Haha!
He should give you a raise. Tell him I said so.
( girlinthehole, Sat 1 Aug 2009, 12:15, Reply)