Top Ten Internet Scams
from the the-Nigerian-scam-won't-go-away dept
MSNBC has the top ten internet scams and the “fastest growing” scam is the famous Nigerian money scam. It’s a bit scary that this one is growing, since it’s been around for ever, and I’m always surprised when people haven’t heard of it – much less fall for it. However, the report says that nearly 10% of those who receive the Nigerian money email respond to it. I guess we’re beginning to get an idea of just how much of the population is insanely gullible. Most of the other scams on the list are no big surprise. Number 1, taking up the majority of the scams by far, is online auction scams.
Comments on “Top Ten Internet Scams”
how about this...
I think this proves that there’s a market for Scam-checker software. Like a Virus-protection program, it will read through your email and tell you if you have any potential online scam offers…. I’m pretty sure if there are people gullible enough to fall for scams, there are people gullible enough to buy software to help them avoid scams….
Re: how about this...
Actually, that’s an interesting (and probably easily-done) idea. I think it’s more like a spam filter (reads through your email and discards things with certain combinations of words). Maybe it just discards things like $XXX,XXX,XXX from it. Do the large web-based mail services already remove scams? (they supposedly remove spams, but it only works maybe 50% of the time)
Re: Re: how about this...
heh. Actually, I was joking. And you’re supposed to say my ideas are “baked” if they’ve been done before and then try to find a URL to prove it. Oops, sorry that’s halfbakery…
Re: Already for sale
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Phillip.
Nigerian money scam
I got that e-mail the other day. I want to reply with a scam-exposing e-mail, while trying to sound completely vacant. My boyfriend votes for corresponding with the scammer for at least a month, making them think they’ve found a sucker, then sending the scam-exposing e-mail.
Re: Nigerian money scam
I think the best would be if you could figure out a way to get them to give you some money… Now that would be impressive.