Comments on: This is a Scam

By: Mr. Gunn

Mr. Gunn — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:25:55 +0000

More info on this: Your job is to the recipient of the payments from Ebay scams and the like. You’re deposit the checks you receive, take your cut, and send the money on.Oh, and hope no pissed off would-be laptop buyer shows up at your house with gimp suit and a barrel. It happened(well, minus the bit about the gimp suit) to some poor mentally-impaired guy just last week.

By: oljb

oljb — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:28:47 +0000

Interesting. I read this and immediately thought it was written by someone for whom English was a second language. It may be a little closer to standard American English than your average Nigerian scam, but don’t you think they could hire a native English speaker to write the pitch for a mass-email scam campaign?

By: Hank Roberts

Hank Roberts — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:48:50 +0000

Now there’s an idea (shudder).”Hi, my term paper assignment is for write fifty email financial scam letters, and I am need help with write English proper and convincing. Please for to edit these drafts for me and return them to me promptly and I will pay you Monday ….”