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Old 04-05-2011, 07:08 AM
 
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was on a site last night and had one person give me there cell and told me to text them after they told me they needed moeny lol i just would like to know what gives these a holes the right to think that were there bank account i did report them also but it just amuses me to no end though
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Old 04-05-2011, 07:35 AM
 
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6 billion people in the world. I would say at least half are stupid. Out of those half, atleast 10% are really stupid and would fall for scams like that. So according to my calculations millions and millions of people are losing money to scams or beggars. Why would those type of people who are trying to get money out of people stop when so many are willing to fall victim?

I always chuckle at those commercial where the old man says "Honey, I just wont the Australian Lottery."

In fact I had a neighbor who knocked on my door the other night asking for help with her computer. This lady has a masters degree in something or another. My point is she is educated. She said she "ordered" a laptop and they didnt send the screen. So I was like um ok, i checked her "laptop" out and it was some old beat up destkop mini tower without the monitor, i informed her its not a laptop. Long story short, she told me how she won a laptop in a sweepstakes which only cost her 100 dollars to enter. In other words she got scammed.

The point I am getting at is that no matter how educated someone is there are people that will fall victim to their own common sense.
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Old 04-05-2011, 07:45 AM
 
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totaly agree with you skel1977 i am gonna report them to there cell phone provider as well thought outta get a good laugh
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Old 04-05-2011, 10:16 AM
 
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totaly agree with you skel1977 i am gonna report them to there cell phone provider as well thought outta get a good laugh
Why would their cell provider even pretend to care? They have no duty to do anything in this situation.
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Old 04-05-2011, 10:24 AM
 
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well to me its harrsment but i can block numbers out anyways and att is usaly good at taking care of situations like this
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Old 04-05-2011, 08:19 PM
 
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well to me its harrsment but i can block numbers out anyways and att is usaly good at taking care of situations like this
You said YOU were on a 'site', thus I'm going to assume YOU went to that site for some reason, now you want to block numbers.

They said the need money, that is not illegal.
They gave you their cell number and asked you to text, that is not illegal.

I'm really trying to figure out what the "situation" is, other than you just didn't close your browser and do something else.
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Old 04-06-2011, 09:21 AM
 
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I'm really trying to figure out what the "situation" is, other than you just didn't close your browser and do something else.
You and me both, I wouldn't have given it a second thought, let alone start a post about it
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