too funny, AIM session with my mom
 

Here is a conversation I just had with my mom who a stock broker:


Is there anyway to determine where an email originated from?
MOM
puremeds: yeah, why?
puremeds: you getting spam
Edited: No spam. Just a goofy email that I am sure is a joke about laundering money for a foreigner. I am trying to decide if I need to report it to my broker dealer.
puremeds: haha, everyone gets that email
puremeds: what they want your bank account #
puremeds: some guy in africa
Edited: Well, being in financial services we are highly regulated about such things and need to report it. It is just that it is so funny that it is hard not to believe it is just a joke.
puremeds: that is the oldest spam in the book, forward it to me and it wont do you any good to report it

Which part should I be laughing at?

:1orglaugh

Now Sly_RJ YOUR reply was funny!

BAHAHAHAHA.... oh wait not funny

There was an article in the Vancouver Sun of some poor local ass that got sucked into that scam. I can't believe people actually are dumb enough to respond to that crap.

DH

it was funny to me:321GFY

but, in retrospect, prolly not funny to anyone else:glugglug

Yea, that was pretty dumb. You just used up ass-hole #1.

that scam is older than the internet!!
i also saw site one time that said people
actually lost millions a year because of this scam

Oh so it was a scam?? Damn I was still waiting for my 10 millions... Now I guess half of africa share my bank account # !
:feels-hot

A former employeer of mine actually fell for that scam. He had an MBA from Harvard. He even went so far as to fly to Nigeria to meet with someone. When he returned, he refused to talk about what happened to him over there.

Well Vancouver peeps are far from the brighest folks.

I work in finance also but i never once took that email seriously even after recieving it like 30 times, lol


Whats sad is they actually go into detail and make you start thinking about it!! HAHAHAHA

This scam been around for more than 10 years when it started they send snail mail to small companies!

Check this out guys:
http://www.somethingawful.com/article.php?id=422