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Sadly people are going to rip into this guy for telling his story, I feel bad for him. I know there are many of us who know what it's like to be down and out, d
by DigitalSea 13y ago
Sadly people are going to rip into this guy for telling his story, I feel bad for him. I know there are many of us who know what it's like to be down and out, desperate and willing to do anything to get back to the top (especially if you have a spouse and kids). You have to remember 10 years ago not many people knew about these types of scams, while they probably don't work as well nowadays, once upon a time many people were tricked, this guy just got it worse than most people probably did.
- conradfr 13y agoFeeling bad to an extend. After all, he knowingly wanted to participate in illegal money laundering. I don't think this kind of activity ends well for ordinary Joe. Greed and easy money are powerful motivators though. There was (is ?) this Nigeria scam where Nigerians would buy electronic stuff from eBay at above market prices and sending fake PayPal emails to make the seller send his object. I worked as a CSR at PayPal years ago and had to tell French people every day that PayPal had nothing to do with this and that they will never get money nor their device back. I would feel bad for them sure, but in the meantime their desire to make too good money from some Nigerian was what prevented them to see the red flags. When something is too good to be true I always try to remind myself that Santa isn't real.
- smsm42 13y agoThe fake paypal thing is rather inventive. I could totally imagine being fooled by such thing if I were busy and not paying attention properly to the details. Especially if the email said something like "the transaction would appear on the website in 1-2 businiess days". If the price diff is not too large it won't raise any red flags - ok, so some dude wants to pay $10 more, nothing special.