Got a card yesterday notifying me I'd won a cruise for two, including air fair from any major
airport, for 8 days and 7 nights!

Wow!

And then, this morning, I see this:

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/300-si...hip-2D11996578

Crap.

On 1/26/2014 8:02 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
Got a card yesterday notifying me I'd won a cruise for two, including air fair from any major
airport, for 8 days and 7 nights!

Wow!


That's nothing, I have $98,000,000 coming to me, all I
have to do is send my name, address, and Social Security number
to confirm.
I'll take you on MY yacht after I get it.
Mikek

On 1/26/2014 9:37 AM, amdx wrote:
On 1/26/2014 8:02 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
Got a card yesterday notifying me I'd won a cruise for two, including
air fair from any major
airport, for 8 days and 7 nights!

Wow!


That's nothing, I have $98,000,000 coming to me, all I
have to do is send my name, address, and Social Security number
to confirm.
I'll take you on MY yacht after I get it.
Mikek


It does amaze me that every once in a while you hear a report of someone
actually falling for something like that... I know a guy, not a kid...
who came very close to starting to send money to a woman he met "on
line" from Jamaica. Several of us talked him out of it, but apparently
she was very convincing. When we finally got him to make it clear "he
had no money", she disappeared. I honestly think, if she hung on, he
would have too.

On 1/26/2014 8:54 AM, KC wrote:
On 1/26/2014 9:37 AM, amdx wrote:
On 1/26/2014 8:02 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
Got a card yesterday notifying me I'd won a cruise for two, including
air fair from any major
airport, for 8 days and 7 nights!

Wow!


That's nothing, I have $98,000,000 coming to me, all I
have to do is send my name, address, and Social Security number
to confirm.
I'll take you on MY yacht after I get it.
Mikek


It does amaze me that every once in a while you hear a report of someone
actually falling for something like that... I know a guy, not a kid...
who came very close to starting to send money to a woman he met "on
line" from Jamaica. Several of us talked him out of it, but apparently
she was very convincing. When we finally got him to make it clear "he
had no money", she disappeared. I honestly think, if she hung on, he
would have too.

I think it happens way to often, some people have given 10s of
thousands of dollars to the scamsters.
Does any one remember the website of the guy that played the Nigerian
scamsters and got pictures of them doing all kinds of strange things?
It seems like it had a number attached to it, like 409 scam or some such
thing. The site was funny.
Mikek

On 1/26/2014 9:18 AM, amdx wrote:
On 1/26/2014 8:54 AM, KC wrote:
On 1/26/2014 9:37 AM, amdx wrote:
On 1/26/2014 8:02 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
Got a card yesterday notifying me I'd won a cruise for two, including
air fair from any major
airport, for 8 days and 7 nights!

Wow!


That's nothing, I have $98,000,000 coming to me, all I
have to do is send my name, address, and Social Security number
to confirm.
I'll take you on MY yacht after I get it.
Mikek


It does amaze me that every once in a while you hear a report of someone
actually falling for something like that... I know a guy, not a kid...
who came very close to starting to send money to a woman he met "on
line" from Jamaica. Several of us talked him out of it, but apparently
she was very convincing. When we finally got him to make it clear "he
had no money", she disappeared. I honestly think, if she hung on, he
would have too.

I think it happens way to often, some people have given 10s of
thousands of dollars to the scamsters.
Does any one remember the website of the guy that played the Nigerian
scamsters and got pictures of them doing all kinds of strange things?
It seems like it had a number attached to it, like 409 scam or some such
thing. The site was funny.
Mikek

Well, I found one site, it is not set up the same as I remember. It
has pictures of the scammers holding signs they were told to make by the
would be scamie.

http://www.419eater.com/

Here's some stories.

http://www.sweetchillisauce.com/nigeria.html

Mikek

On 1/26/2014 10:18 AM, amdx wrote:
On 1/26/2014 8:54 AM, KC wrote:
On 1/26/2014 9:37 AM, amdx wrote:
On 1/26/2014 8:02 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
Got a card yesterday notifying me I'd won a cruise for two, including
air fair from any major
airport, for 8 days and 7 nights!

Wow!


That's nothing, I have $98,000,000 coming to me, all I
have to do is send my name, address, and Social Security number
to confirm.
I'll take you on MY yacht after I get it.
Mikek


It does amaze me that every once in a while you hear a report of someone
actually falling for something like that... I know a guy, not a kid...
who came very close to starting to send money to a woman he met "on
line" from Jamaica. Several of us talked him out of it, but apparently
she was very convincing. When we finally got him to make it clear "he
had no money", she disappeared. I honestly think, if she hung on, he
would have too.

I think it happens way to often, some people have given 10s of
thousands of dollars to the scamsters.
Does any one remember the website of the guy that played the Nigerian
scamsters and got pictures of them doing all kinds of strange things?
It seems like it had a number attached to it, like 409 scam or some such
thing. The site was funny.
Mikek

Never saw it... have to check it out sometime.

On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 08:37:51 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 1/26/2014 8:02 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
Got a card yesterday notifying me I'd won a cruise for two, including air fair from any major
airport, for 8 days and 7 nights!

Wow!


That's nothing, I have $98,000,000 coming to me, all I
have to do is send my name, address, and Social Security number
to confirm.
I'll take you on MY yacht after I get it.
Mikek

I forgot to mention that the cruise I won was on Royal Caribbean!

On 1/26/2014 9:02 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
Got a card yesterday notifying me I'd won a cruise for two, including air fair from any major
airport, for 8 days and 7 nights!

Wow!

And then, this morning, I see this:

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/300-si...hip-2D11996578

Crap.

You lucky devil. Take an Imodiom and go. Don't worry about it. ;-)

On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 11:21:14 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:02:57 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Got a card yesterday notifying me I'd won a cruise for two, including air fair from any major
airport, for 8 days and 7 nights!

Wow!

And then, this morning, I see this:

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/300-si...hip-2D11996578

Crap.

What do you have to do to claim your "prize"?
Is this a time share pitch?

I forgot to mention it was on the Caribbean line.

I don't know. I trashed the card. If it were on a Disney ship I may have called the number.