I'd really love to win a lotto in a foreign country.
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Kalikel
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If only there were some place or a specialist who could help me with that.
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I'm amazed that all these different countries can all be contacted at the same phone number...0
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Ha ha! I flagged them as they were popping up.0
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I flagged, too.
Lotto is more fun than love potions, at least.
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I know a guy in Nigeria who might leave you his fortune if you just send him your bank account information for a wire transfer.0
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Lolol its so much fun flagging them. Notice the countries were coming up in alphabetical order?
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I got to be lucky number five for one of them and I got to watch it disappear before my eyes. That felt very satisfying 0
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Someone was definitely on top of removing those threads. Hopefully, they locked out their account.0
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When I worked at a bank, we'd have a guy who would constantly come in with checks from these people (and the swift code to which he was supposed to wire his "transfer fee"). We'd sit him down and explain this scheme using common sense and layman's tongue. We'd always start with "Do you actually play the lotto in these countries?"
He'd always answer "yes", SMH, and insist that we deposit the check.
At first, we would in order to humor him, placing a hold on it so he couldn't actually spend the funds until the inevitable chargeback notice came in. We'd happily collect the bank fee we charged for his ignorance (he took up about two hours of our time every time he did this, so sure - we'll take the $10 fee). He never learned his lesson.
Finally, by the tenth time, our officer had had enough. He warned the customer that we couldn't afford to have a customer that opened himself up to obvious fraud so easily and that if this last check charged back, we'd close his account. And we did.
Most satisfying bank-initiated customer loss form I ever filed.0 -
ManiacalLaugh wrote: »When I worked at a bank, we'd have a guy who would constantly come in with checks from these people (and the swift code to which he was supposed to wire his "transfer fee"). We'd sit him down and explain this scheme using common sense and layman's tongue. We'd always start with "Do you actually play the lotto in these countries?"
He'd always answer "yes", SMH, and insist that we deposit the check.
At first, we would in order to humor him, placing a hold on it so he couldn't actually spend the funds until the inevitable chargeback notice came in. We'd happily collect the bank fee we charged for his ignorance (he took up about two hours of our time every time he did this, so sure - we'll take the $10 fee). He never learned his lesson.
Finally, by the tenth time, our officer had had enough. He warned the customer that we couldn't afford to have a customer that opened himself up to obvious fraud so easily and that if this last check charged back, we'd close his account. And we did.
Most satisfying bank-initiated customer loss form I ever filed.
Aww maybe he was lonely and it was worth the $10?0 -
That's so sad.ManiacalLaugh wrote: »When I worked at a bank, we'd have a guy who would constantly come in with checks from these people (and the swift code to which he was supposed to wire his "transfer fee"). We'd sit him down and explain this scheme using common sense and layman's tongue. We'd always start with "Do you actually play the lotto in these countries?"
He'd always answer "yes", SMH, and insist that we deposit the check.
At first, we would in order to humor him, placing a hold on it so he couldn't actually spend the funds until the inevitable chargeback notice came in. We'd happily collect the bank fee we charged for his ignorance (he took up about two hours of our time every time he did this, so sure - we'll take the $10 fee). He never learned his lesson.
Finally, by the tenth time, our officer had had enough. He warned the customer that we couldn't afford to have a customer that opened himself up to obvious fraud so easily and that if this last check charged back, we'd close his account. And we did.
Most satisfying bank-initiated customer loss form I ever filed.
Know these spam people must make money doing it or they wouldn't bother. It's just sad that people get suckered like that.
All the more reason to flag the spam.
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ManiacalLaugh wrote: »When I worked at a bank, we'd have a guy who would constantly come in with checks from these people (and the swift code to which he was supposed to wire his "transfer fee"). We'd sit him down and explain this scheme using common sense and layman's tongue. We'd always start with "Do you actually play the lotto in these countries?"
He'd always answer "yes", SMH, and insist that we deposit the check.
At first, we would in order to humor him, placing a hold on it so he couldn't actually spend the funds until the inevitable chargeback notice came in. We'd happily collect the bank fee we charged for his ignorance (he took up about two hours of our time every time he did this, so sure - we'll take the $10 fee). He never learned his lesson.
Finally, by the tenth time, our officer had had enough. He warned the customer that we couldn't afford to have a customer that opened himself up to obvious fraud so easily and that if this last check charged back, we'd close his account. And we did.
Most satisfying bank-initiated customer loss form I ever filed.
Aww maybe he was lonely and it was worth the $10?
Except he was ready to wire them a $2k - $3k "transfer fee" to these folks *facepalm*, so it could've cost him a lot more than that fee.That's so sad.
Know these spam people must make money doing it or they wouldn't bother. It's just sad that people get suckered like that.
Indeed. It was around the housing market's bubble burst too, so there were a lot of desperate, gullible people out there. The worst was when we'd see an elderly customer who'd fallen for it. Made me want to punch all these Nigerian princes in the face...0 -
ManiacalLaugh wrote: »ManiacalLaugh wrote: »When I worked at a bank, we'd have a guy who would constantly come in with checks from these people (and the swift code to which he was supposed to wire his "transfer fee"). We'd sit him down and explain this scheme using common sense and layman's tongue. We'd always start with "Do you actually play the lotto in these countries?"
He'd always answer "yes", SMH, and insist that we deposit the check.
At first, we would in order to humor him, placing a hold on it so he couldn't actually spend the funds until the inevitable chargeback notice came in. We'd happily collect the bank fee we charged for his ignorance (he took up about two hours of our time every time he did this, so sure - we'll take the $10 fee). He never learned his lesson.
Finally, by the tenth time, our officer had had enough. He warned the customer that we couldn't afford to have a customer that opened himself up to obvious fraud so easily and that if this last check charged back, we'd close his account. And we did.
Most satisfying bank-initiated customer loss form I ever filed.
Aww maybe he was lonely and it was worth the $10?
Except he was ready to wire them a $2k - $3k "transfer fee" to these folks *facepalm*, so it could've cost him a lot more than that fee.That's so sad.
Know these spam people must make money doing it or they wouldn't bother. It's just sad that people get suckered like that.
Indeed. It was around the housing market's bubble burst too, so there were a lot of desperate, gullible people out there. The worst was when we'd see an elderly customer who'd fallen for it. Made me want to punch all these Nigerian princes in the face...
I had one like that when I worked our Western Union computer. I think after about five or six payments, they contacted him to let him know what was happening and gave him the last transfer back.0 -
When I bought my house, they asked me why I was wiring the money. I assumed it was a government rule, like if you go over a certain amount it has to be reported, but maybe they were trying to figure out if I was sending it to a Nigerian Prince.ManiacalLaugh wrote: »ManiacalLaugh wrote: »When I worked at a bank, we'd have a guy who would constantly come in with checks from these people (and the swift code to which he was supposed to wire his "transfer fee"). We'd sit him down and explain this scheme using common sense and layman's tongue. We'd always start with "Do you actually play the lotto in these countries?"
He'd always answer "yes", SMH, and insist that we deposit the check.
At first, we would in order to humor him, placing a hold on it so he couldn't actually spend the funds until the inevitable chargeback notice came in. We'd happily collect the bank fee we charged for his ignorance (he took up about two hours of our time every time he did this, so sure - we'll take the $10 fee). He never learned his lesson.
Finally, by the tenth time, our officer had had enough. He warned the customer that we couldn't afford to have a customer that opened himself up to obvious fraud so easily and that if this last check charged back, we'd close his account. And we did.
Most satisfying bank-initiated customer loss form I ever filed.
Aww maybe he was lonely and it was worth the $10?
Except he was ready to wire them a $2k - $3k "transfer fee" to these folks *facepalm*, so it could've cost him a lot more than that fee.That's so sad.
Know these spam people must make money doing it or they wouldn't bother. It's just sad that people get suckered like that.
Indeed. It was around the housing market's bubble burst too, so there were a lot of desperate, gullible people out there. The worst was when we'd see an elderly customer who'd fallen for it. Made me want to punch all these Nigerian princes in the face...
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I've won the International Lotto several times, according to the spam mail I receive. I'm still waiting for the winnings to arrive. In the meantime I'm corresponding with a Nigerian prince who desperately needs my assistance laundering. ...um, transferring...his family fortune to a safe offshore bank account. How kind of him to think of me.If only there were some place or a specialist who could help me with that.0 -
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