HAHAHA-encounter with REALLY stupid freeper.

[Shakespeare]

I recently switched jobs and am now working in a MUCH smaller law office in the 'burbs, and we have a greater mix of freepy clients here (alas, part of the tradeout for getting rid of my heinous commute).

A client just came in, desperate for a referral to a white collar crime litigator, because he's being sued by a group of investors.

Why?

Because he fell for the Nigerian email scam.

And, sadly, got a small group of investors behind him for the "opportunity" and used their money, which, of course, was parted from him. Apparently, it was an entire herd of stupid freepers. They all fell for it.

It's SUCH a small office that I had to restrain myself until he left, and when he did, I almost killed myself laughing.

on edit: How do I know he's a freeper (in the broad definition of the word)? His big, white Ford truck is plastered with Bush stickers.

[dorktv]

1. Oh my gosh....That is too funny!

[MissB]

2. Kudos to you for not laughing in his face

That scam is so old. So old.

[Worst Username Ever]

3. HOLY SHIT!!!!

He got investors together for that?? That means not just ONE person fell for it, but multiple, in one go. WOW.

[MissMarple]

4. But...but...Jimmy Bob's such a nice guy, it should of been OK.

A fool and his money.... :D

[fob]

18. A fool and his money...

are SOME PARTY!!!

[trof]

5. I'm not saying I don't believe you.

I take you at your word.
I believe you.
But that is just absolutely UNBELIEVABLE.
Lord help us.

[Shakespeare]

8. I couldn't believe it, either--asked the attorney they came to see.

"Are you SURE it was the Nigerian email scam? REALLY??"

It was. Much laughter and eye-rolling followed.

[Catch22Dem]

6. I didn't know anyone had actually fallen for it

Of course they're that stupid, so I shouldn't be surprised. So how much did he lose?

[redqueen]

7. Little wonder they swallow bush's loads of shite so often, is it?

Morans!

[MissB]

9. See, now, that is how we bring them down.

We just need to make sure that the scammers have every freeper's email address.................

[RoBear]

10. "stupid freeper"

Isn't there a redundancy somewhere in there?

[kodi]

11. you can't cheat an honest man. he was greedy

.

[punpirate]

12. Now if we could only convince...

... 59 million more to go in together.... :P

[yankeedem]

15. They already have fallen for it

Hence, our Pretzeldent.

[punpirate]

16. Good point...

... Bush's SS deform is a Nigerian scam. :P

[Maestro]

13. No wonder

they follow Shrubco propaganda. They'll effin believe anything. :eyes:

[TEXASYANKEE]

14. And I'll bet if you'd asked him,

He would be for SS privitization too.

[Bouncy Ball]

17. So what did you tell him?

Sorry, we don't provide services for that?

I love that story. bushbots are SO easy to scam, I mean look who they voted for, the ULTIMATE con-artist!

[durablend]

19. Should've told him you charge EXTRA

Nigerian spams require a lot of extra work and that costs beaucoup bucks.

[yankeedem]

21. This would probably work

Tell them you can get their money back, but you need $10k up front and their bank account number to make sure they can be trusted. When the $10k is deposited, you will send them the address where they can pick up the money.

[Technowitch]

20. "I'm sorry, but I must recuse myself from this case...

...because I won't be able to refrain from giggling at you every time you come into our office."

[Piperay]

22. Freepers must be the stupidest people

on the face of the Earth, I don't think ANYONE actually fell for that scam. :silly:

[Hatalles]

23. Wait. Y'mean Edo Boman, Mr. Bello Nonso, & M. Nwachukwu are scamming me?!

Hehe. I have an extra e-mail account that is bombarded with these types of e-mails constantly. I came across a site once where someone posted several e-mail conversations with one of these guys, just toying with them. Good stuff -- sorry I don't have a link.

BTW, these are all names taken from those e-mails.

[RebelOne]

27. I do. I am a regular poster there.

It is www.419eater.com. Second to DemocraticUnderground, it is my favorite Web site.

[Hatalles]

31. LOL! Thanks!

Some of the photos are hilarious! And the piss-poor photoshop jobs--haha! Well, they must figure if you're dumb enough to fall for the scam, you're probably dumb enough to fall for a half-assed photoshop jpeg.

[RebelOne]

24. It's amazing how many people still fall for those

Nigerian scams. Just goes to prove how gullible those Repukes are. There is no way in hell he will ever be able to recover any of his money. How much did he lose? Most people usually lose thousands before they finally wake up and realize that they are being scammed.

[Stop_the_War]

25. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

you have to be REALLY stupid to fall for that scam....

[bleedingheart]

26. I bet the majority of them donate to televangelists who live in mansions

they are stupid...

[RebelOne]

28. Other than being stupid they are just plain gullible

[guitar man]

29. what a great case

"not liable by reason of stupidity." With a freeper, that shouldn't be hard to prove at all!

[Kat45]

30. That scam comes into my church office with a religious angle!

I work in a church office, and we get several of those a day. But these add a bit about the person having found the Lord and wanting to make sure his money goes to someone who will put it to a Godly use. These scammers have no shame!

[Zomby Woof]

32. Hahaha!!!

He probably also think Bill Gates is sending him that $1000. :-)

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34. In order to fall for the GOP's corporatist BS...

...you have to believe that one day you could be rich, too. Really believe, perhaps to the point where you'll be a sucker for anyone that promises you great wealth. Comforting phrases, spiced with just enough aw-shucks faux-folksiness, may work especially well on you.

I've never considered this before, but it makes sense that the two groups of patsies overlap quite a bit.