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A lot of this scam-bait stuff is going way too far, and I can't help but wonder about the ire on behalf of all those 'innocent victims' out there. In the class
by onan_barbarian 16y ago
A lot of this scam-bait stuff is going way too far, and I can't help but wonder about the ire on behalf of all those 'innocent victims' out there.
In the classic 419 scam (and yes, there are other variants that don't imply quit the same level of corruption in the scammed): the offer is clearly drawn from money that some dictator has supposedly stolen from his own country. Trying to take part in this theft doesn't make you 'innocent', it makes you a smaller-scale, dumber, would-be crook.
- wyclif 16y agoI tried to work up some sympathy for 419 spammers after reading this article. Nope, didn't work.
- Tichy 16y agoAgain I feel reminded of this quote: you can't con an honest man.
- Natsu 16y agoSure you can. While classic scams do appeal to greed, more modern ones appeal to altruism. They focus on advance fee scams, but there are plenty of fake charities and whatnot out there.