Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 01:13:56 GMT From: BK <jerem43nospamnet> Subject: Re: Paypal loop hole
In the US and Canada there are nearly 300,000,000 people, of which about 60% are online somehow. If 1/1000th fell for this or another scam, that would be 180,000 people. If they just got $10 USD for each victim, that would be $1.8 million, $50 USD would be $9.0m. In many third world nations a simple gain of $25,000 would set you up for years, if not for life. Jeremy Fred W wrote: > Johannes wrote: > >> >> James Sweet wrote: >> >>>> I doubt very much that they get many responses if money is demanded. >>>> I think it's an urban myth that people respond; the real suckers are >>>> the >>>> the ones who send out this stuff. The cons are so old and people have >>>> much more sense. >>> >>> >>> People respond, otherwise they'd stop sending this crap out. >> >> >> >> Does this necessarily follow? It cost them nothing to send it out. >> >> >>> I think >>> it's mostly the elderly who fall for the nigerian bank scams. >> >> >> >> I am elderly, but very computer competent thank you very much. I don't >> know >> any who respond to the Nigerian scam. It has been well known for years. > > > I think you (and your elderly computer competent friends) may be in the > minority. There is a large segment of older people that are just now > starting to use computers. They tend to be rather naive in general. > Every month or two I see a news article or broadcast telling of a "new > scam", which always turns out to be a rehash of some old scam that some > dope fell for and reported to police. > >> >>> There's a sucker born every minute. >> >> >> >> So it says, but can they read and write and use a computer? > > > >
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