02GF74
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 posted on 13/12/07 at 12:24 PM |
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internet scam - sometimes it works
servers her right for being greedy ... or innocent victiim?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 12:26 PM |
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greedy fool
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 12:28 PM |
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quote:
The e-mail said the crash in which the woman's "relative" had died had happened in Monchengladbach, Germany.
But the actual Concorde crash in 2000, in which 113 people died, happened in Paris.quote:
ok even my dog knows that
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ditchlewis
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 12:29 PM |
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a fool and thier money are easily parted. she was just greedy.
ditch
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wilkingj
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 12:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ditchlewis
a fool and thier money are easily parted. she was just greedy.
ditch
Fool ... Yes
Greedy... Who knows.
Naieve... DEFINATELY.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 12:36 PM |
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I feel sorry for her. We see alot of stupid things like that at work (not as serious though) as all our customers as pensioners.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 12:40 PM |
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What's an 80 year old doing on t'interweb and email anyway?? 
(Waits for responses)
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smart51
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 12:40 PM |
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Ignorance and nievety most likely. Educated people know that lawyers don't charge you large sums of money to inherit something and that people
who do this to you are fraudsters. If you are told that you have inherited something, you will generally persue it. It isn't necesarily
greed.
You've got to ask though, if you are the only relative of some dead guy, what about my brothers / sisters, cousins etc.
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brynhamlet
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 12:45 PM |
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Originally posted by Richard Quinn
What's an 80 year old doing on t'interweb and email anyway??
(Waits for responses)
Why shouldn't an 80 year old go on the internet
Sitting in a house probably on her own obviously gives her something to do.
At 49 that's why I go on the internet and I have a job to fill 50 hours a week
In any case she might be building a Locost
My mum in law is well on the way to 80 and she uses the internet for shopping
end of rant!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 12:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
What's an 80 year old doing on t'interweb and email anyway??
(Waits for responses)
one of those web cam strippers? 
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Humbug
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 01:50 PM |
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Can you believe the BBC's advice, though:
"Anyone who receives a scam e-mail should contact their local police station." !!! I bet the rozzers would love that - I would be down
there every day several times.
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02GF74
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 02:02 PM |
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talking of naive, how many have fallen for the age old scam of building a sports car for £ 250 and racing if!!!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 03:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
talking of naive, how many have fallen for the age old scam of building a sports car for £ 250 and racing if!!!
I got the first book not long after it came out. Reading through it I do think champion could have built it for £250 at the time but most of his
materials were scrounged or second hand and donors were cheap. I think if I had been as resourceful as him and willing to put the time in to getting
stuff cheaply, I could also have been close to that cost. Remember the first cars were very very basic indeed.
[Edited on 13/12/07 by Mr Whippy]
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