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Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« on: November 18, 2008, 07:16:42 AM »
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Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam

SWEET HOME, Ore.  —  An Oregon woman who is out $400,000 after falling for a well-known Internet scam says she wasn't a sucker or an easy mark.   :whatever:

Janella Spears of Sweet Home says she simply became curious when she received an e-mail promising her $20.5 million if she would only help out a long-lost relative identified as J.B. Spears with a little money up front.

Spears told KATU-TV about the scammers' ability to identify her relative by name was persuasive.

"That's what got me to believe it," She said. "So, why wouldn't you send over $100?"

Spears, who is a nursing administrator and CPR teacher, said she mortgaged the house and took a lien out on the family car, and ran through her husband's retirement account.

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Nah, she wasn't an easy mark.   :whatever:
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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2008, 07:21:19 AM »
Another Obama voter?



If I'm her husband, I'm invoking the "3-S's"...shoot, shovel, STFU.
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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2008, 07:37:31 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on November 18, 2008, 07:21:19 AM
Another Obama voter?



If I'm her husband, I'm invoking the "3-S's"...shoot, shovel, STFU.
Heh, bet she's in line for a bail-out.
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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2008, 07:46:46 AM »
Unending greed and unfathomable stupidity are NEVER a good combination.
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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2008, 07:50:24 AM »
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and ran through her husband's retirement account.

"The retirement he was dreaming of — cruising and going around and seeing America — is pretty much gone for him right now," she said.

She estimates it will take two years to clear the debt that accumulated in the more than two years she spent sending money to con artists.

Her family and bank officials told her it was all a scam, she said, and begged her to stop, but she persisted because she became obsessed with getting paid.

Where exactly was the husband during all this?  He certainly was not duped by a pretty face. 
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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2008, 08:10:45 AM »
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Where exactly was the husband during all this?  He certainly was not duped by a pretty face. 

That must be the husband's photo.  Where's the wife's?
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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2008, 09:44:00 AM »
The woman needs to be culled from the herd.
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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2008, 09:46:08 AM »
It is dumbasses like this who cause me to have to sift through 300 bogus emails a day to make sure I'm not missing one from a legitimate client.

Thanks stupid bitch. 

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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2008, 10:22:16 AM »
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SWEET HOME, Ore.  —  An Oregon woman who is out $400,000 after falling for a well-known Internet scam says she wasn't a sucker or an easy mark.   
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Spears told KATU-TV about the scammers' ability to identify her relative by name was persuasive.

Alright ma'am, and at what point did you realize that you had put more than $100 dollars into this?

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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2008, 10:32:16 AM »
I can't believe that this woman is whining about her own stupidity........  :thatsright:
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« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2008, 10:59:10 AM »
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Her family and bank officials told her it was all a scam, she said, and begged her to stop, but she persisted because she became obsessed with getting paid.


*cough*

What's her DU name.

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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2008, 11:57:49 AM »
Quote from: whiffleball on November 18, 2008, 08:10:45 AM
That must be the husband's photo.  Where's the wife's?

Please tell me there's no basement in that house..."It puts the lotion on its skin..."
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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2008, 12:12:54 PM »
I guess I just WON!!!!

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(The email address this was sent from is: townandcountry@rtol.net) That's a legit email address from Microsoft, right ?!!?!?  ::)
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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2008, 12:16:27 PM »
Quote from: Thor on November 18, 2008, 12:12:54 PM
I guess I just WON!!!!

(The email address this was sent from is: townandcountry@rtol.net) That's a legit email address from Microsoft, right ?!!?!?  ::)

Holy shit .... I've never actually known an LBillionaire before!

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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2008, 07:07:49 PM »
Quote from: Vonne on November 18, 2008, 09:44:27 PM
I about died when I heard her steadfast insistence that she wasn't a sucker or easy mark!

Than I thought more productively... and started typing an email to her...  :uhsure:


LOL!  :rofl:
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Re: Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2008, 06:32:31 AM »
Quote from: Vonne on November 18, 2008, 09:44:27 PM
I about died when I heard her steadfast insistence that she wasn't a sucker or easy mark!

Than I thought more productively... and started typing an email to her...  :uhsure:

You're a day late and she's a dollar short. Better luck next time.
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