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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-19-07 12:39 AM
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Sucker sends $1.25 million in county funds to Nigerian scammer
Edited on Fri Jan-19-07 12:39 AM by ironflange
The longtime treasurer of Alcona County was accused Wednesday in an embezzlement scheme in which he may have served as both perpetrator and victim, sending up to $1.25 million in county funds and his own life savings to con artists after falling for one of the notorious online Nigerian banking frauds.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070118/NEWS06/701180305

It's the Detroit Free Press, nothing to do with freepers.
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Conan_The_Barbarian Donating Member (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-19-07 01:06 AM
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1. Oh for fucks sake!
how... just how?!?! did somone actually fall for that?
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-19-07 01:12 AM
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2. What a douchebag....
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-19-07 01:39 AM
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3. I didn't know that they served stupid in such economy sizes...
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-19-07 02:17 AM
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4. even the Nigerian scammers were in awe over that one!
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hickman Donating Member (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-19-07 02:28 AM
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5. Naive dork gets scammed.
What pisses me off is that the scammers are vacationing, and the nerd goes to jail.
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philosophie_en_rose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-19-07 09:29 AM
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6. Finally. Someone has helped those unfortunate Nigerian royals.
:bounce:
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