So, what's your favorite internet scam?

Y'know, that one ridiculous ad you see which is so stupid that it brings a smile to your face at the thought of the poor, naive souls who fall victim to it. There's the 'I got RIPPED in four weeks!', the 'You've been chosen! No joke!' or the 'i CURED my yellow teeth with this one ancient secret!'

And let's not forget all the poker ads. C'mon, play a few games, it wont hurt. We wont even charge you, the credit card is just for iD! Come ooooon. :P

My personal favorite? 'Get a job like Colin! Hey there, i'm colin, and i earn two billion dollars a minute posting links on Google. I'm so happy with my fast car, several mansions and gold-plated teeth that i want to help YOU get a job just like mine... for a nominal fee!'

i personaly dont like scams i certainly dont fall for them

Those craiglist scams.

The, "a Nigerian banker has passed away with $1,000,000, leaving it in your name! We need first your credit card number for you to claim his assets!" My brother told me some lady tried to do that to another guy, but instead, that guy emailed her back, asking for naked pics, so that in return, he would go along with the scam. I remember another guy who answered asking for sex.

ALL scams are the bane of the internet burn them all. Somehow, somehwere my email has been picked up and sold on since I'm now getting loads of penis enlargement ads in my junk folder. It's quite amusing I admit to see the many ways they title the emails to get around junk filters.

Latest one is:

FWD: Be prepared to deal with locker room stares after this!

Tired of being lonely? With a 9 inch monster, women will want you and men will envy you!

Yeah, if only it was that easy!

Craigslist. Some dude sent a check of $4,800 for my $600 piano, and then sent an email asking why I didn't cash it. Really, Really makes me hate people.

Craigslist. Some dude sent a check of $4,800 for my $600 piano, and then sent an email asking why I didn't cash it. Really, Really makes me hate people.

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I dislike the ones advertising "local women in your area!" Okay, dude. Those same pictures show up when I take my computer elsewhere; I guess those girls must really know how to get around.D_Battery

send me 10 thousand dollars

and i'll send you 100 thousand dollars

:lol:

I don't know..i don't really pay attention to them...:(

I'm a Nigerian prince, give me money.

the shoot-em up ones where you make ridiculous shots and still happen to win an "Free iPad" lol

I love the Nigerian Prince. Its a classic.

Pretty much anything outside of a job that promises to give you money or sex. Yea people are just dying to give away money for you filling out surveys.

Another favorite are monthly free trials that require you to sign-up and enter your credit card info. Ya know just in case you wanna stay with them (or forget) later on.

evony, it spammed so many webistes and steadily moved towards porno (the girl in the add)

I would also consider signing up to Gamestop's website a great scam. I swear ever since I signed up on that website (to possibly order something), my email has just been swamped with BS emails from the most random places. They do a great job of sharing your email with other places.

I wonder how many people would sign up if they put in big easy-to-read print that they're gonna share your email with tons of other places who're most likely gonna contact you.

I run an internet scam myself - nets me anywhere from $300-$600 per day.Mcspanky37

[QUOTE="Mcspanky37"]I run an internet scam myself - nets me anywhere from $300-$600 per day.chris_yz80

Recently got this one.

àéFrom The Office of Mr.adam sherif
The Auditing And Accounting Managera
African Development Bank (ADB)
Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso.
Telephone 00226 78 60 35 53.
Dear Sir/Madam!
I sincerely ask for forgiveness for I know this may seem like a complete intrusion to your privacy but right about now this is my option of communication. This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to more trust it as unserious could come into your mind; but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.
I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to starting a relationship.I am Mr. adam sherif the personal account officer to the great late diseased who has an account in one of our banks here in Burkina Faso . The account was opened in 2001 and he died in 2004 without a written or oral WILL and since 2004 nobody has operated on this account again hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing and Government of Burkina Faso will confiscate the funds for their personal use which I personally don't want such incident to happen being that this is a great opportunity for me.
My contact is for you to please assist me to transfer the fund ($10,600,000 USD) Ten Million Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars from a Cooperate Bank here in Burkina Faso to an oversea account. First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and have confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great magnitude. I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe account for onward investment.
You can either provide us with an existing account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing that you will never let me down either now or in future because this business is my life. The owner of this account is a foreigner and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was the manager of the company. My investigation through the National immigration department & Ministries here proved to me as well that he was single as at the time of his entry into the Republic of Burkina Faso .
As a matter of fact, I have decided to transfer this fund abroad for investment and also to use my own share of the fund to take my wife to abroad for liver damage treatment.Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the management of the bank will welcome any foreigner who has correct information to this account which I will give to you immediately, if you are interested to do this business with me. There is no risk in this business. With my position here in the bank the money can be transferred to any account you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing. Upon successful transfer without any disappointment from your side, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local person here, but can only be approved to any foreigner who has the correct information of the account, which I will provide for you.
So you should provide me with your correct account details where you will like the fund to be transferred to, or you can set up a new account for the transfer even an empty account is ok. At the conclusion of the transfer you will take 40%, 10% will be for any expenses both parties incurred in the process of this business and the remaining 50% will be for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I will then send you the Text of application form which you will fill with your banking information and send to my bank here for immediate transfer of the fund to your account. If you are interested, please forward the following information as below:
BEST REGARDS, My PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS
{1} Your Name/company's name and full address,
{2} Bank Name...
{3} Bank Address...
{4} Account No...
{5} Swift Code... (if any}
{6} Account Holder's Name: ..........
{7} Your telephone Nos.both Home, Office & Cell/Mobile and fax
Numbers...
{8} Your Occupation
{9} Your Valid ID
BEST REGARDS, My PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS,
mradamsherif@sify.comscam

At least paragraph it nicely man.

Those penis enlargement ads. I dont know about you guys but i always wonder if they really do work? >.>

lol

Am I the only one who gets spammed for WoW and Aion accounts? I have a bunch of spam in my old email, let me copy/paste a good one for you. " This is to inform you that you have Won a cash prize of £300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) and a brand new Peugeot 407 Car,From the International online programs held on the 15th of May 2010 in United Kingdom.contact Mr.HARRY WATERS via Email:pgt-claim@winners-peugeot.co.cc or call him on Phone Number:+4470457909953"

evony, it spammed so many webistes and steadily moved towards porno (the girl in the add)

chris_yz80

This.

They must be really desperate.

Y'know, that one ridiculous ad you see which is so stupid that it brings a smile to your face at the thought of the poor, naive souls who fall victim to it. There's the 'I got RIPPED in four weeks!', the 'You've been chosen! No joke!' or the 'i CURED my yellow teeth with this one ancient secret!'

And let's not forget all the poker ads. C'mon, play a few games, it wont hurt. We wont even charge you, the credit card is just for iD! Come ooooon. :P

My personal favorite? 'Get a job like Colin! Hey there, i'm colin, and i earn two billion dollars a minute posting links on Google. I'm so happy with my fast car, several mansions and gold-plated teeth that i want to help YOU get a job just like mine... for a nominal fee!'

Ninja-Hippo