Microsoft Pulls Ultimate Nigerian Scam A video
by Johnny Plankton 3,948 26 07/13/2010 04:36 PM 3502 views
"Who would ever fall for that?"
Who doesn't ask himself that question after receiving an URGANT MASAGE from PRINCE SOBE YOOHOO, son of the late President/King/Poobah of Nigeria, who will give you a cut of his $78 million inheritance (usually a paltry 25% or so), if only you will give him your name and some other insignificant crap -- like your Social Security number and banking info!
Prince URAE DOAP relaxes in his easy chair
Once, after a hard day of licking envelopes in my special ed job, a few shots of lighter fluid, and too many huffs of cleaning chemicals, I considered sending my information to one of these guys ... before remembering that I didn't have a bank account, or money.
And apparently, I'm not the only one capable of being duped. Tons of people fall for these scams each year, coughing up hundreds of thousands of dollars -- and they're not all retards, either.
Man bursts into tears of shame after finding out Prince Hae-Wudja-Balowme is a fake
Microsoft has taken this old scam and turned it into an awesome marketing prank (hereby making this the first time anyone has used "Microsoft" and "awesome marketing" in the same sentence). To show how easily people fall for online scams, they set up two separate dummy locations (pun intended), with suspicious names like "The Greater Offshore Bank and Trust" and "The Inheritance Store." They offered unbelievable cash promotions in exchange for banking info and Social Security numbers -- plus PIN numbers, fingerprints, and, believe it or not, DNA samples (not that kind, you pervert).
Yes, it's a commercial. Yes, it's Microsoft. But still: hilarious.
Hello, My name Prince Cuddl yflu ffbomb. I am commenting your post to be informing you of a great deal i am offering. I will to be donating a sum of zugz to your account in order to prove my father that I am nice, funny man. This is against law of your nation but I have much monies to be paying off the enforcers. Just reply to me with your Name, social security number, birthdate, a list of favorite cousins, the length and width of the second knuckle on you left thumb and a description of all of your recent bowel movements. Thank you for your understanding of me. I look forward to sharing my funnies with you.
Thanks for sharing, Johnny! That was pretty good... I would have fallen for it - but think I would have started to question things sweat profusely when they started asking stupid personal questions like my inseam and first boyfriend name & if I broke up with him or he broke up with me.
I wonder if anyone else has run across this: Whenever I give my mother's maiden name, it ends up being too long for whatever stupid software the banks use. Months later, when they ask me for my mother's maiden name back for security purposes, I'm often told it doesn't match what they have.
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