Re: Web Fraud Victims are stupid and greedy: a policeman writes

On 31 Mar, 02:57, Barry Margolin <bar...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1175275598.612636.231...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Old Boy" <mazold...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Amusing account from a cop of how a lot of people drawn in by web
fraud are just greedy people who think theyre making a quick buck.

The same is mostly true of people who fall for traditional con jobs.
Many online fraud schemes are simple variants of cons that have been
around for decades.

The main difference in the online cases is the scale. A traditional con
man can usually only work on one mark at a time, but a spammer can
target millions.

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Barry Margolin, bar...@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Arlington, MA
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I got a letter in the post - not on email - saying I had won a Spanish
lottery El Gordo

Of course I had never entered

But it freaked me that it came in the post, with Spanish stamps, they
had my correct address, name

Scammers are getting offline!

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