Interview With a Convicted 419 Scammer 184
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from the i-am-the-prince-of-your-heart dept.
from the i-am-the-prince-of-your-heart dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Scam awareness website www.scam-detectives.co.uk has published a two part interview with convicted Nigerian 419 scammer, 'John.' 'John' talks about his experiences of scam victims, how he gains their trust and convinces them to part with their money, and how he would go back for another 'bite' after the original scam, posing as a law enforcement official who has apprehended the scammer and recovered the funds ... for a fee, of course."
Re:Sounds credible (Score:4, Informative)
When did Slashdot become The Daily Mail? Getting a student visa isn't as easy you think (they do check your background. You know, to make sure you're a student, for a start) and you can't claim benefits if you're here on a student visa.
Horrible interview (Score:4, Informative)
If you read the entire article you'd see he eventually just gets upset and cuts it off. No good prepared questions, just amateur personal anger. Really a fail.
Re:Haha! (Score:4, Informative)
Escalation of committment - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalation_of_commitment
Re:Shock news! high income tempts youth into crime (Score:4, Informative)
Wow, seriously?
How do this get modded up? It seems like the only kind of people that you can stereotype and prejudice safely are the rich. "Most" people that I know who own expensive cars or boats are amongst the nicest and most moral people I know. Not everything is like television or the movies.
I'm not sure whether it's worth admitting but I own a Ferrari and I would consider myself having a very high moral code. I treat my employees really well (One of my companies was rated 2nd best company to work for in BC), I pay all my business taxes (in an audit we were caught something like $50 for an accidental missing receipt out of millions) and I declare every last thing at the border.
I know that anecdote (especially personal anecdote) is not data but also my accountant is quite wealthy (he is one of the most morally upstanding accountants I know and somehow his clients are all rich. He is also a philanthropist.), my financial manager runs the Vancouver branch of a financial firm and he is upstanding. And believe it or not (and you probably won't), my lawyer is one of the nicest and one of the most honest and upstanding people I know.
Ok, so those people don't own a Ferrari (I actually don't know any other Ferrari owners), but one owns an expensive classic car and another owns a nice boat and they all could probably afford one.
So are there bad versions of the same? Of course. But being somewhat rich, I don't find that being rich has anything to do with being slimey. I know plenty of people who are both rich and poor who are morally bankrupt and morally upstanding. Generally speaking, in my circles though, the rich people are more morally upstanding as a proportion. That being said, my sample size is small and I'm sure I have a huge selection bias in who I associate with.
Sunny
Re:Haha! (Score:3, Informative)
People familiar with impound procedure but never had any dealings with theft for fraud before, and are ignorant of the law, may simply think it's similar. The legal system is rife with fees.
Re:Perspective anyone? (Score:2, Informative)
"I do not come to you by chance" (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Shock news! high income tempts youth into crime (Score:4, Informative)
How do this get modded up? It seems like the only kind of people that you can stereotype and prejudice safely are the rich.
No, one may safely stereotype and prejudice fat people too. You can tease them all day long and they still can't run fast enough to catch up and beat the everloving shit out of you.