Whenever I see one of those Nigerian style email scams (you know, the ones that say "I own a billion dollars, but I need you to give me 10k, and you'll get $100 million finder's fee" or whatever), I wonder who in the hell falls for these. Heck, these have been around for so long, I wonder "Who in the hell
still falls for these tricks?"
Now, I feel bad for this guy, but damn...
Paul Malone, a retired Vietnam War veteran, said he was leaving a convenience store when a man with an accent approached him and told him a story about donating money to charity.
"He was going to give me $10,000, and I would take the rest of the $80,000 and place it in a charity to help the poor," Malone said.
The man then asked Malone to prove he could be trusted by showing he had his own money, so Malone said they went to a nearby bank.
"All I could think about was, 'This money's going to help a lot of people,'" Malone said.
You don't really have to think hard to figure out what happened. Oh, sure, he didn't fall for the scam 100%... he went to the bank and withdrew some money just to show the guy... but then the guy ended up pulling out a knife and got the money anyway.
Sad.
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I don't know which hurts my brain more: the fact that some arsehole took advantage of him or the fact that he fell for it.
Posted by
strayfarce on 08/21 at 07:49 PM
Yeah, sorry, there's no excuse for being that naive in today's day and age. Don't care how old you are, where you're from, where you live, or what your background is.
Posted by
Deltus on 08/27 at 06:13 AM
Just shows we have to be careful with our good intentions.
Posted by
hieyeglasses on 09/11 at 05:29 AM
If he didn't fall for it, the guy prolly woulda pulled the knife on him sooner.
Posted by
fcsuper on 09/11 at 09:52 PM
