Why People Still Fall for the Nigerian Email Scam

[@zem6300]

*Scientist In Antartica* Scientist: "Hmm. I need to check my emails." Email: "Amanda is Horny and is Only 3 Miles away!" Scientist: "I think not..."

[@amandalonghi5945]

Da fuck?! *read my name and you'll understand*

[@cherylmailloux9647]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂

[@ballsin3d205]

plot twist: amanda is actually a foreign scientist at another base

[@djordjemilickovic5619]

@@ballsin3d205 yea yea

[@user-ng4zx5sw8m]

Amanda is a penguin

[@JordanYee]

Commitment bias is such a powerful thing. One of my favorite stories is about an economics professor who would do this experiment on his class at the beginning of every school term. It's so deviously elegant. He would simply pull out a twenty dollar bill and auction it to his class. The only rules were that bidding had to be in increments of a dollar (otherwise the whole thing would simply be splitting pennies) and, more importantly, the highest bid won the money, BUT the second highest bid also had to pay him what they bid. So what would happen is all these young business students would think they could beat the system and bid low, but about five dollars in, they realize it's a trap. Everyone that can realizes they need to back out, but the two bidders at the top are now stuck in this game of chicken, where neither wants to be the sucker that just loses money. So they'll continually outbid each other, because at least the $20 reward of winning can recoup some of their losses. The ridiculous thing is, it doesn't slow down after they pass $20 bids -- it actually speeds up because the stakes escalate. The professor has stated that he has never lost money playing this game. Commitment bias is _that_ powerful.

[@Anonymous-vh6kp]

The smart students will know that the best course of action would be to bid $1 and share the profits equally. But the dumb students will ruin this opportunity out of greed. Thanks for sharing this story!

[@JordanYee]

Anonymous hard to convince everyone to do that for what would essentially be trading pennies for dimes. It's not _that_ much money..

[@AnxiousGary]

"Deviously elegant" seems dramatic. It's called the "dollar auction" and it's been around since time immemorial. Some say, on nights just like this, you can actually hear their bets increasing.

[@cmdrmeldoc59]

My mom once wasted like an hour of a phone scammer's time because her english is so bad she couldn't spell her name when trying to pronounce letters in english. And when the guy finally got everything right, he asked for her credit card's security code, and she was like "oh but that's private, sorry. No can do!" The guy got furious and hung up, thinking he got trolled, while she actually believed him. She supposedly got free tickets to Euro-Disney land, which we were going to buy tickets for soon anyway, so ofc she believed him. Lol.

[@juliuspavilovskis4862]

Jesus, what a crazy story!

[@cherylmailloux9647]

It's hard to scam an intelligent person, good for your mom that she keeps to the rule (NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR PIN AND PASS CODES 😉⭐

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

There's a whole hobby called scambaiting about wasting phone and email scammer's time and sometimes even disrupting them by tracking them down, installing backdoors and viruses into their computers to lock them out and reporting them to the authorities. (The cops often are in on it or do nothing) Some notable scambaiting channels on KZbin include Jim Browning, Kitboga, IRLRosie, and Trilogy Media.

[@vetleallum2965]

Your mom mom is awesome.

[@AFlyingBrickington]

"I am from Microsoft, we have detected a problem with your computer." Those guys are fun to mess with.

[@drishalballaney]

...BTW I use linux...

[@shootgunman1460]

@@drishalballaney same

[@wm9482]

For a couple of years I was computerless, and one of those guys spent a solid minute arguing with me over whether or not I owned a computer at all. Seriously it was about a whole minute of back and forth "No I don't! Yes you do!..."

[@choicebarrelscrotes2732]

When I was a junior in high school 4 years ago, I was contacted by a Nigerian scammer pretending to be a Chinese banker named Hong Xu. I created a new email address and posed as the brother of the original, now "deceased" recipient. My character ran a funeral puppetry service called Mourning Wood (I was and am proud of that) and was eager for a kickstart loan in the form of Hong Xu's money. He must have been a newbie, and/or had a really poor grasp of English (and thus detection of English sarcasm) because I managed to bait him for a while. I created emails for my character's attorney and an FBI agent too. I should dig those up. I'm sure I still have them.

[@HooDatDonDar]

Also, send him emails from Fuk Xiu

[@Diana72910]

HAHAHAHAHH amazing

[@NoName-kj2vf]

Should see James Veitch, he’s a comedian who does this

[@drpibisback7680]

What in the name of all that is holy is "funeral puppetry?"

[@choicebarrelscrotes2732]

@@drpibisback7680 I made it up.

[@troodon1096]

Easiest way to avoid a scam: just remember if something seems to good to be true, that's probably because it is.

[@TheStrangerous]

That's a good rule to adhere to.

[@vladmakarenko6641]

Thats the way i lost my first 2 millions.

[@1heidifisk]

Why you got 419 likes!?! How much of my money do you need!?!

[@mr.meercat685]

Too true dude

[@slimjim3532]

Yeah, idk how people fall for this. If I got an email like that I'd pull a James Veitch.

[@davidlazar6232]

Don't waste money on internet scams. Double your money in slot machines instead!

[@featurelength5086]

Oh boy, I can turn a nickel into a dime! No thanks dumbass, smart money is betting my house on a single roulette number.

[@shadow-squid4872]

Fools... The BEST way of making millions of money is to play Russian roulette with a 1/6 chance of winning!

[@socialreject2156]

Shadow 682 just play with full magazine trust me it's worth it

[@melkiorwiseman5234]

Double your money in your pocket! Fold it. ;)

[@ITILII]

Best way to double your money: fold it in half and put it in YOUR pocket

[@CtrlAltPhreak]

LOL. i love messing with scammers. I keep getting these calls from the same girl claiming that I won a trip to Florida and all she needs it to confirm my credit card number, lol. Every time she calls, I fuck with her til she hangs up on me. She must call a lot of people if she doesn't realize she's already called me 4 times. The last time she called, I told her it sounded great, but that i wasn't allowed in the state of Florida ever since "the incident". She's all "what?" And i said I wasn't allowed to talk about it until the case was closed and that it would be a violation of my parole and I'd have to go back to prison. She hung up on me.

[@TheStrangerous]

HA! Well done.

[@U.Inferno]

CtrlAltPhreak Gotta try that if that happens to me

[@isabellareyes9908]

Smart 😂

[@MarkShaneHansen]

Just go "me me big boy". Makes them hang up on you in 100% of documented cases.

[@killerboy4441]

Hahaaa, I would've loved to hear that phone call dude

[@RickAt19348]

So what's the 420 scam? Oregano ?

[@SuperHtownswag]

Fvck Google nope, its fake weed from OREGON laced with oregano and bay leaves from naija

[@jacobmartincontreras]

Fvck Google I'm pretty sure people say 420 is because 420 is the police code for possession of marijuana

[@blazelmtdedtn]

the fact that weed is illegal.

[@indeepjable]

A Scam Where Someone Says They Will Get You Weed But They Call The Police On You.

[@darrenparker5619]

bird guy no it isnt the 4 20 originated with 4:20 being the best time of day to smoke a j

[@MadiLush]

I was scammed by a little old lady. At my first job which was at a farmers market, she came up late on a sunday in what looked like church clothes. She said she had just been at her husbands funeral, and missed going to the bank, but she had a check from her daughter for $100 she needed to cash, or she wouldn't have enough gas to get home, which was an hour away. And would I please give her $100. She said she would write me a check I could cash on tuesday after she put her check into the bank on monday. This was before online banking and ATMs you could put a check in. I felt bad that she had just lost her husband, and she was a cute old lady so I wasn't suspicious. I gave her the cash, and never even thought anything was wrong until I went to cash the check, and the bank teller said it was a totally fake check, the routing #'s were made up, name was fake. Worst part was I took that $100 out of the register, and it came out of my check. My boss was pissed but felt bad, so he didn't fire me.

[@MsJavaWolf]

That's sad, but sadly it happens. I feel bad for you, because you didn't fall for it because of greed but because you wanted to help. Scammers like that make the world a much worse place, because people stop helping each other out of fear of being scammed.

[@CodecMoment]

My kindness has certainly been taken advantage of as well, falling for sob stories and giving strangers the benefit of a doubt. The way I see it, we should take pride that we did the right thing if everything in their story was true. We should continue to follow our morals and do the right thing. Of course, we are wiser now and should be a bit more skeptical when approached for help by strangers.

[@tehpwnr1504]

Vlad the Inhaler wut

[@shootgunman1460]

@Vlad the Inhaler I accidentally bought 1,000,000 Dollars worth of molotov cocktails and I am selling the at one hundredth market price.

[@Remington-wl7jp]

I am a Bel-Airian prince. Send me 50 dollars to buy snap backs and trendy pants and I will send you a cab full of respect.

[@ModernRogue]

haha

[@shaneebahera8566]

but you aint a fresh one so no money

[@Remington-wl7jp]

The Modern Rogue Woah

[@Remington-wl7jp]

Shanee Bahera Damn.

[@darndaniel7794]

Stop makin' trouble in my neighborhood

[@B.W.Jackson]

Someone hacked my yahoo account years ago. They tried to say I was stuck in Europe and something about a hotel or some bullshit and needed money. In an amazing punctuation of serendipity, the scammer decided to send their emails the day I was at a funeral, in the physical presence of probably 90% of people I would email. The scam unraveled quickly, especially after a friend who was not at the funeral threw a test question and the scammer played along to the fake info!

[@TheStrangerous]

Wow. So many of you guys have stories.

[@franzjosephliszt1555]

"a punctuation of serendipity" ?? stop trying to sound smart by using "big" words in a way that doesn't even make sense

[@B.W.Jackson]

Johnathon Shakovits it's just that "...a striking moment within my life that reminded me that however life is moving, that focus can be shifted and outcomes at first unlikely can be rendered perfectly into existence at a moments notice due to an unlikely collision of circumstances" was clunky.

[@BagoLee]

I find your comment to be vacuous in nature; and please save your " big boy " words for yourself. I can't help but get agitated at the amount of audacity you would have to pretend that you can talk like an intellectual. You may be smart, I'll give that to you. But please, just talk normal. Thanks...

[@B.W.Jackson]

Brandon Keck I'm "talking normal" (speaking normally) for myself, thank you. If you can provide me the documentation that officially declares you arbiter of normalcy within the bounds of the English language, I will gladly ignore it.

[@playeroneirl1886]

Gamestop does this every time they talk people into buying a pre-order.

[@TheStrangerous]

HA!!!

[@Voltaic314]

Thank God this never happens on Steam.

[@thisishandlenumber2048]

I don't know where this is coming from maybe the run GameStops differently where you live? For me personally, I preordered two games from them and paid the minimum $5 for them to reserve it. I ended up getting one of these games on PC and the other I lost interest in and never bought (hence why I paid the minimum fee because I wasn't sure I'd actually buy it from GameStop.) The next time I went to the store one of their associates told me I still had those two preorders (this is several months after I should have picked them up) and they asked me if I wanted the games now. I told them no so they refunded me the credit by taking $10 off the transaction I was currently doing. That's actually the opposite of a scam, I didn't expect to get that money back and I did so props to them. That was one of the few times I felt like a retail chain actually cared about being fair.

[@teamcybr8375]

Zach Pozzi Yeah, the only bad thing about game stop is how little money they give for used games. They are in a tough spot with downloaded games, so they have to be good.

[@themadviking8155]

yeah a real scam. they go "would you like to preorder a game with this purchase" a say "no" and they go "okay, your total is $43.69" what a fuckin scam

[@davien001]

As a Nigerian there are five rules to these scams as they also target native Nigerians.. 1. Ask a lot of questions. 2. Do not give away personal details or credentials. 3. The scam is usually aimed at making you think you have a limited time at an opportunity so stall and waste the time,they'll keep pestering you even after the supposed time has passed. 4. When you've confirmed it's a scam from the poor grammar and other pointers,laugh your ass off and delete. 5. Ignore,delete and spread the word.

[@danhinchliffe7622]

I agree except for one bit... Do NOT delete it. Keep it, call the police about and get them shut down. Since it's an e-mail the IP address can be tracked and after that they have no chance.

[@Gekkibi]

Here's a more optimized set of rules: 1. Ignore, delete and spread the word.

[@N0FoxGiven]

5. Set up a bot to fuck up their inbox with reverse spam and then laugh your ass off because what they are doing is illegal and they can't call the police to shut it down =3 then laugh until the account is killed and the bot stops on error

[@Ratsmary]

Or, just fuck with them

[@MsJavaWolf]

There is no reason to spend even 1 second of brainpower on those scams, they are really obvious. If someone asks you for money and you don't clearly recall why that would be legit, like it's your internet provider or a gas bill, you just ignore it. I don't even see most of my spam, filters work pretty well nowadays.

[@ivoturi]

Friends! I need your help! I got trapped in Pablo Escobar's drug base! The password to escape is in your dad's credit card! Dont forget the 3 numbers behind and the expiration date! Help!!!

[@Williamwestp24]

Well I hope you enjoy your stay while you there.

[@deanoneill3809]

720561047195 375 7/20 I hope you get out friend

[@dsfpiuhasdf]

Dean Chipstick ur joking right

[@HalTheBot]

wtf his credit card number works

[@ivoturi]

@@deanoneill3809 i actually got out thanks they were going to kill me

[@edward9232]

i wanna see a episode where they just annoy the scammers

[@thetozzyguns3801]

James veitch

[@Bumpus07]

TedTalks

[@Zizotron]

Well, James Vietch is your friend.

[@MsHojat]

There are a lot of KZbin videos out there where people scambait over the phone. Generally I hear about tech support scammers or IRS/CRA scammers but there are others as well.

[@rcksnxc361]

Edward Murray james veitch

[@PrincessAllie]

"I'm kind of a free spirit. I don't appreciate the confines of employment." --my new response to my family when they ask me why I still don't have a job.

[@TheStrangerous]

It's a legit answer.

[@NevaehBeatez]

The worse scams involve fake long-distance relationships. My aunt has been having an online affair with an "Italian man" who keeps asking for money to help his family and for him to visit her. He never does, but she still keeps sending money. Her accountant even told her that all this transfering of money is going to make her look suspicious.

[@TheStrangerous]

Yeah, we should probably do a video about those at some point.

[@firstnamesurname3590]

NevaehBeatez has she even seen a photo of this guy?

[@SimBir08]

Photo's can be easily faked too.

[@mrdojob]

Its strange how women seem to fall for these scams so often. I noticed a shitload are targeted at men but mostly sex related and pretty obvious. Women falling for those long distance romances just confuse me so much seeing how long in duration they are and that nothing tangible comes out of them.

[@Hakajin]

Oh, yeah, my aunt's friend had the same thing going on. Like, the guy was Italian and everything. He contacted her on Facebook, but there were no mutual contacts, which was a red flag to begin with. She was talking about marrying him. And she just would not take a hint. She'd start to get suspicious when he wouldn't send her selfies or chat with her online, but pretty soon he'd have her hooked again. Joke's on the scammer, though, because... She talks like she has money, telling people about the houses and cars she's interested in buying, but in reality, she has nothing and lives on charity. He cursed her out when she wouldn't give him any money, and she finally got sick of it. The one thing I don't get, though, is he wanted her to fly out to Texas to meet him. What's up with that? Did he want her to leave her stuff at a hotel so he could steal it?

[@st0verr]

Even though this video is mostly talking, this is a really high-quality video. Always highly pleased with every video the Modern Rogue creates.

[@ModernRogue]

+StoverRed so thrilled to hear that. Thanks, man.

[@hdmiports]

i’ve gotten one of these before, and they were claiming that my great uncle dave was dying and giving me money from uganda. i just respond and said “i’m sorry. you have the wrong person. none of my family loves outside of america, BUT, have i got a deal for you!” and then i went on to try and convince them to buy into a fake gaming company, and they responded with the same original email, but the first three sentences were “I WILL BE AWAITING YOURE RESPONSE.”

[@RockabillyRambler]

R.I.P Dan the fish fry man :(

[@RockabillyRambler]

TOO SOON!

[@RockabillyRambler]

but Dan the fish fry man just has a nicer ring to it :P

[@andrewholdaway813]

Rockabilly Rambler It was a crying shame when he died, he ran the best chippy in town, no wonder he was so rich.

[@boyo7918]

Restal watch the video

[@macksii]

There's a comedian named James Veich. He has replied to many of these scammers before and uploads videos of his conversations. Just search on KZbin or google "Scamalot Mashable" and you'll enjoy your time

[@lostplshelp]

Wot am i doing The '419eater' forums are fun as well... Transcripts, screenshots, etc.

[@purplepotato3004]

Wot am i doing I love his series

[@KingQueerRoman]

Wot am i doing yes! I love his video

[@PokerR6]

Wot am i doing I just watched a video about James Veich... what a coincidence. Lmao

[@thesfnb.5786]

It's James Veitch. And I agree 100% with you.

[@MrAlucardDante]

A french KZbinr, Micode, actually tricked a scammer by sending him a malicious text file. He then was able to silently install a keylogger, view his webcam and capture his screen ^^

[@TheStrangerous]

Whoa. That's really cool.

[@willgreenhalgh974]

MrAlucardDante what's his name

[@katethegate]

Skipper Will the channel name is literally in the comment

[@alexw3053]

I'd watch the video if I knew french

[@Kinorian1212]

Seen someone on KZbin RAT a scammers computer so he had full access to his computer and even cut his VOIP a couple times mid-call

[@talion2226]

One of my friends recently got a scam email of someone pretending to be a flight booking service and no joke it said "please pay the fee for your flight refund" pay for a refund like what?

[@IceMetalPunk]

Yep. Like Brian said, it's done on purpose because the only people dumb enough to fall for that are also dumb enough not to do anything about it.

[@BeerByTheNumbers]

There's no way this youtuber could get me with clickbait, I'm way to smart for that! Haha. Good video

[@EmilyRafferty]

You got me!! Haha 😂 to smart!

[@tylerweatherby7131]

This is the internet

[@pappy1527]

clickbait is so out there every fucking thing has been click baited this channel is really good for not lcicbkating

[@superpanful]

i am currently in a email conversation with a nigerian email scammer from tibet

[@TheStrangerous]

Heh. Have fun!

[@superpanful]

i am, i told them i live in a bunker that has no interweb or phone connection. they are so stupid

[@Anonymous-vh6kp]

an*

[@superpanful]

Anonymous An what?

[@superpanful]

I Made a Transcript (If you can call it that) imgur.com/a/zf9tY

[@FoxDren]

wait this is a scam?? but he said he's going to send me money.

[@TheStrangerous]

I'm so sorry to disappoint you.

[@JellybellyWaffles]

I can get your money back... I just need your social security number as confirmation and a small initial fee of 1000$.

[@TristinBailey]

My father said he was going to get me something for my birthday. That scam went on for about 13 years.

[@noahshutts5655]

I can help you, but you have to put the dollar sign on the correct sign of the number

[@ntsempty1209]

Jesus Christ Tirstin..

[@TheDanibits]

There's a really common scam where people will act as if they got a winning ticket for something but don't know how to redeem it and will sell it to you at a much lower value than the prize. The ticket is fake of course.

[@cosmickitty9533]

Yes a lottery ticket. But they will tell you they have a warrant for their arrest or are not an american citizen so they can't claim the prize.

[@JoeLibby]

Yep. It's another version of the pigeon drop.

[@urdarkestfear1618]

how r u verified i have 3x the amount of subs

[@JoeLibby]

I get asked that a lot. I'm just lucky, I guess.

[@fortytwo7848]

Because he deserves it.

[@IRSIreckscammers]

"This originated in the 80's in written letters" nope this originated in Europe a couple of hundred years ago, it's a modern version of The Spanish Prisoner scam.

[@God-mb8wi]

Yeah, the 419 didn't originate a couple hundred years ago.

[@IRSIreckscammers]

Are you aware of the Spanish prisoner scam, have you read about it? Do you know anything at all about it? maybe read up and you will draw a direct parallel to how it works and how the 419 is exactly the same but a modern internet version. You're literally replying with no information to back up your claim, I mean your comment is absolutely pointless and now I'm wondering why I'm even bothering to reply. Waste of my time.

[@bathrobegoat5392]

Sm8ck oooooh!

[@liamftw5325]

-liam-

[@ulfricstormcloak9096]

Why do you act like you are above our amazing mike mcshreckz

[@DrSurprise]

Apparently there's a website where you can send shit to people. Some other guy on KZbin did that, sent shit to a scammer in Africa.

[@az40758]

Mike Wang kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6SxkKqLnNlgg5o

[@Crydog]

You mean Gmail?

[@faxtime7188]

@@Crydog no, it is really poop

[@tjwoosta]

My mom called me a couple weeks ago all excited, telling me she was going to be inheriting hundreds of thousands from a dead guy in south africa because he had the same last name and they couldn't find any surviving close relatives. I had a hell of a time explaining to my 60 year old mom that it was a con. I spend a good 3 hours convincing her not to give any personal information or send any money. I'm still not sure she believed me...

[@darkesthour4329]

I am an American king, give me 5 bucks so I can get a burger. I'll give you some recognition. :)

[@LightningTE]

Justin Lee lol

[@mikeschmitzer5625]

You'll then become a burger king

[@thatonegooze]

Hobo*

[@cload9669]

Mike Schmitzer woah

[@victfv]

Hyperio King of the Streets*

[@xSlappykinkaidx]

He fell for the white van speaker scam.

[@ModernRogue]

yup.

[@cynicaltrash4967]

The Modern Rogue I don't get scammed because I'm as poor as 419 e-mails' English.

[@skinnylong2023]

I would think poor people would be more conservative with their money, unless they're young, maybe.

[@KStreak]

Questions 4K That would make sense but as someone else has pointed out they see it as a way out. Similar to how people with less income buy more lottery tickets though they have far less expendable income to use.

[@cynicaltrash4967]

You're not going to give into a scam just because you're poor. Source: My mother supports the entire family on near-minimum wage and I have never been scammed because 90% of scams are obvious.

[@Drn5688]

one day i recieved one of those email, and i gave them a fake name like Mike Litoris. He started sending me messages and adressing me by mr. litoris. it was really funny

[@GY-bd9bo]

next time, use Olaf "My friend" Sergei

[@HooDatDonDar]

He is totally legit. Lives right next to Mike Hunt

[@gaberthetater0149]

HooDatDonDar yeah, and on the other side is Mike Okslong

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@HooDatDonDar Just to the north of him, I believe. And technically a little behind, though many people don't know that.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

I never got any Nigerian Prince emails. (Maybe because I'm not from the US?) I kinda wish I had though so I could print and frame it on my wall.

[@nesiachan4534]

Same... I kinda wished a scammer emailed me so i can troll them,maybe because i don't life in the us

[@koroozia]

am i the only one tht reads most of their emails and still hasn't gotten an email from these scammers?

[@shishsquared]

Hydrollix check your spam inbox. Or use your email to create more accounts

[@koroozia]

trust me i spent 1 hour yesterday looking trough all my emails for those scams just could not find any

[@secondswell]

+Hydrollix I don't have any either and can't remember any.

[@oldgoodrandomroutine]

ITS CALLED WHITE VAN SCAM! YOU'RE WELCOME!

[@abyssstrider2547]

Randomroutine free candy!

[@kapjoteh]

superjaska100 with toasters

[@jeremy-fc9cc]

with toasters for gods sake!

[@weissmanhyperion9650]

You guys are the manly version of Rhett and Link! just found this channel last night, already 4 months deep into your videos. Dope stuff guys.

[@TheStrangerous]

Outstanding! Glad you're enjoying it.

[@weissmanhyperion9650]

Your old hairstyle caught me off guard, omg what a change hahaha!

[@ModernRogue]

Thanks, man!

[@weissmanhyperion9650]

You guys definitely deserve more subs. I'll do my part to share the vids!

[@firstnamesurname3590]

Snarpy Gaming rhett and link not manly enough?

[@johntakoor1814]

14 minutes..and never skip the video. no hot chick, no flashy animation yet i keep watching. how come i never know this channel?! keep it up guys!

[@TheStrangerous]

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it!

[@nicholsjoshua15]

Hello, I'm the last of the Jedi. I need money to build a temple; train Padawans; build lightsabers; purchase starships; and purchase starfighters. Together we can fight the evil forces of the Empire. In return I will give you a billion dollars worth of stock from the mines of Corellia.

[@TheStrangerous]

I love this

[@GY-bd9bo]

im telling you someone would actually fall for that

[@daybaek]

deal

[@Husk-E23]

Where can I contact you?

[@O_DiamondBack172]

What if I told you, A billion dollars worth of stock varies in price in different places...

[@GhastlyMori]

Very interesting video, I like the way you guys relay information by making it feel like an ordinary conversation.

[@ModernRogue]

thanks!

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Ikr!

[@skuzzyj]

I'm really quite ashamed of myself for not getting into Nigerian email scams at some point. I could have, like, 17 more dollars kicking around for luxuries such as a pair of fresh pineapples to dice and put on my take and bake pizza. [Yes, this was a long way around a bad joke. Also, implicating that Jason has an actual cousin that has made millions of dollars on not cooking your takeout for you.]

[@ErnestJay88]

But, we need to have those "Nigerian Prince" he said that he had 100 billion of Zimbabwean Dollars (that's about $5) and wanna give me 10 billion Zimbabwean dollars (that's about 50 cents)

[@milfsonme]

5 dollars (USD) equals around 150 in Zimbabwe dollars.

[@kallmannkallmann]

Iranian Rial is worth alot less 1 usd = 32 500 Iranian Rial

[@inkoalawetrust]

Actually 100 billion ZWD is 276,319,425$

[@minimash2485]

1 usd = 30 billion Zimbabwe dollars

[@cristian-ionutapostol8018]

The scam actually started in Spain (it was known as the Spanish Prisoner scam), and Nigerians were WARNED against falling victims to it... Well, some of them decided to try doing it to others. :P

[@denescllopes8410]

i am in a email conversation with a nigerian girl email scammer, i want to see how much time she can hold it.

[@ModernRogue]

heh. "girl."

[@Halbed_Lemons]

The Modern Rogue heh, "conversation"

[@edgyyoutuberuser5991]

heh. "nigerian."

[@AndrewPRoberts]

heh. "hold it"

[@cheesycheesecake1]

I'm not a robot heh. "time"

[@kensmith5694]

This same sort of thing also used to be called "the boxcar full of gold" scam. They just needed a bit of money to bribe a few people and your share is yours.

[@TheStrangerous]

That sounds like a movie.

[@kensmith5694]

Many such have shown up as subplots in movies.

[@necrondestroyerlord]

So 419 scams are basically preorder dlcs

[@o_kneepixel]

I got scammed in Runescape back in the day. I thought I was smarter than them. They were so nice. Up until I lost 150m.

[@cynicaltrash4967]

Curtis Jett Log off the Ethernet scrub. Also add me on RuneScape my main has 99 woodcutting.

[@o_kneepixel]

I sold my account DONT REPORT ME TO JAGEX PL0X

[@louisda8729]

I was pulling this scam at 9 years old :D, I still have Billions on an account i can't remember the password on...

[@lordpoopfeast9839]

Curtis Jett I got my ROBLOX account hacked....

[@mausgaming1655]

I got scammed in Roblox for my green banded top hat and only got the ultimate pink headband and then a few days later I got hacked.....

[@dotdot4669]

I am Nigerian ( but I live in Europe) and nobody in their right mind in Nigeria falls for 419 unless you're a foreigner

[@manictiger]

Some old people fall for stuff like this. They grew up in an era of trust and happiness that is long gone.

[@paramount215]

unfortunately old people who were once very smart get alzheimers and can be talked into anything

[@ಠ_ಠ-ವ7ಟ]

420 is fraud in Indian penal code.

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@ಠ_ಠ-ವ7ಟ Blaze it

[@vizthex]

Another thing is, if the fee is only $100, then why aren't you using some of that $2 Million you said you have?

[@sander4436]

vizthex Most times they need the $100 to cash out the $2.000.000

[@Emptiness_Machine_2001]

Because the money is somehow locked at the Bank and you need this paperwork done which costs 100$.....

[@juliuspavilovskis4862]

So how in bloody hell it got locked away🤣?

[@IceMetalPunk]

Usually, it's something along the lines of, "I can't access the money from this Nigerian prison, as the funds are in my home country, but if you can help bail me out of prison, I can return home, access those funds, and pay you back plus more."

[@S1mmyy]

Game Dev Tycoon? Anyone? Love that game. This is totally related because you get one of these emails in the game.

[@ModernRogue]

hah! I'll have to check that out.

[@fgvcosmic6752]

SimmyPoo YEAH!!

[@rcksnxc361]

SimmyPoo ill check the game out Sounds great I played a similiar game a long time ago i think (it might be the same game)

[@mibdev]

Huh. I didn't actually know.

[@eevee2962]

madattaktube from Kariosoft?

[@proxy1035]

I never had a Scam Mail send to me. Not sure if Lonely or Lucky...

[@CheapSkateGamer96]

Super Suchti Check your spam folder.

[@proxy1035]

Never was any in it. only some Mails like from Forum Registrations landed sometimes in there.

[@leviathan6982]

Lonely*

[@Yuurekk]

european**

[@nicholastrombone9899]

Pull a James Veich .

[@Maxificent]

I love these videos guys. This entire channel is fantastic! Keep up the amazing work! :D

[@TheStrangerous]

Thank you!!

[@Jenseneicher]

Jason Murphy it's honestly crazy! Keep Up the amazing high quality content! You guys are awesome. One future recommendation is I'm sure in the future once these are getting millions of views it's going to be tempting for you and Brian to step away and just be directors of the show and find new hosts. Don't do ittt😂 it never goes well. Lol

[@lu-chan1745]

I asked my father to give me a small loan of a million dollars for the prince.

[@islandgirl8199]

My problem is, the people that scammed me were not strangers from overseas; they’re either family members or people I know 😂😂😂

[@sekkusupisutoruzu]

"Why People Still Fall for Apple Products"

[@CowboyRodeo]

Teddy Furfag wow you look like a reputable source

[@sekkusupisutoruzu]

Noah Roberts Not me, the Apple site, just read the internals of everything they make. Bad and expensive, its just popular.

[@tk4x431]

Ted Scrub hellyeah!

[@rtsa4633]

Depends on the product though. Their phones and tablets are great.

[@urdarkestfear1618]

People don't want exploding glass.

[@cluckeryduckery261]

had to click cause of 419.... my area code

[@tanflo]

Cluckery Duckery me too

[@sadladd]

I've got hoes in different area codes.

[@ChadHex]

Shout out to Toledo!

[@Denim_Chicken]

Been Exposed, so I Deleted My Account. I've got an old tube sock I blow my load into

[@HeckuvaMedusa8]

Cluckery Duckery my dude, round like Spencerville and Shawnee and shit? there's nothing to do here

[@mattg8636]

1 like = 1 prayer for Daniel "O'Fryman" Murphy

[@squidsquad9460]

“In loving memory of Daniel Murphy” This is why I always watch ‘till the end

[@evanglazier1458]

My favourite is when I get calls from "The National Police Force" claiming there is a warrant out for my arrest, and my only option to avoid jail time is paying a "fine" in iTunes cards.

[@madjeepernh6834]

Sounds a lot like insurance to me. You pay and pay and pay and when you have a problem...you're not covered.

[@tj12711]

If you're paying for shit coverage from a garbage insurer, then sure. If you're actually paying for a good company who takes the time to discuss all of your coverage needs up-front and who prides themselves in excellent claims service, then that doesn't happen. Of course, in my experience most people find that to be too much of a nuisance and would rather rush through a 5 min quote and just pick the company with the lowest price possible. It's the quintessential example of casting one's pearls before the swine. People spend all of this money on a house or a car, and then they're too lazy to protect their investment adequately because actually reading their declarations page or asking questions of the agent or insurance producer before starting the policy is too boring. You get what you pay for.

[@Vitorruy1]

@@tj12711 If the value of the services outweight your monthly pay they'll loose money. They can only profit if YOU lose money.

[@bluetheta]

I actually gotten a PHYSICAL a letter from the "prince" with little "ribbons" that were supposed to be glued to the paper but fell off in the mail! I threw the letter away, but kept the pretty ribbons!

[@ThePaull3d]

“Hey what are you doing on your phone?“ me: just watching the best internet show in the world

[@wearealreadydeadfam8214]

ThePaull3d I was trying to give you a hand job. Can't you watch this when you're not at a party?

[@straightmalecaucasian1453]

We are already dead Fam a*

[@eIucidate]

Just discovered this channel. Instant subscribe.

[@wearealreadydeadfam8214]

Friday Night's Out Thanks.

[@JoRosieQueen68]

me too,it's cool and I like everything from the presentation and topics to the vibes it gives me.

[@alexp9621]

I used to work for a bank and when people had fallen for any type of scam and realised afterwards that they had probably done something foolish, they'd call up and were honestly so embarrassed. I always wondered if there were more customers out there whose pride was too significant to admit to what had happened, who just swallowed the costs they'd incurred through the fraud. (Obviously, we'd try to reassure them, sort everything out that we could, but they still usually felt pretty stupid.)

[@FusionDeveloper]

My friend is falling for the 419 scam. He has no interest in watching this video. He even blocked me for saying it's a scam.

[@n9nex19]

I got one saying my brother was in a car accident, while my only brother was right beside me.

[@JackSilver1410]

I got the same email. Only have a sister. I mean, she's kinda butch, but she definitely wouldn't be my brother.

[@Chomakot]

Bank of America is writing me omg im gonna be rich

[@ibenb.4767]

*Cool Cool

[@askbeforeplaying2983]

Are you sure it isn't *arnerica?*

[@laurasullivan77]

@@askbeforeplaying2983 is this a joke

[@ea_ger2850]

@@laurasullivan77 r/wooooosh

[@galloe8933]

At the moment of this watching this video I'm in the middle of a game with a 419 scammer. My information is sent to them encrypted, but can only be opened with a JPG file so that my evil uncle can't steal the money promised, and they have not stopped emailing me back, even though I sent them a program that has no end, just a flash of a black screen. I can get them to open the programs I send them for the sake of it all, but I decide not to destroy their computer. Next up I'm going to make a fake news paper page where I killed my evil uncle, and from that I will changes gears and say that I need Bit Coins or USD. It should not have gotten as far as it has, yet they are not backing down.

[@Nakia11798]

My grandmother got a scam phone call from one of these “lotteries”, and she had fun by messing with them. She told them she’d go to her bank and get back to them after. The next day they call again and she says “Oh yes, I did that a week ago. Didn’t you get it?” And the guy on the other end starts cursing her out.

[@cetkat]

I saw a couple who fell victim to this when I worked at a place with a Western Union. The more I tried to tell them it was a scam and they shouldn't send the money, the angrier they got. They'd rather be out the money than admit it could be a mistake. I couldn't flat out refuse, so it got sent and reported. I have no idea if they stopped after the $300, but I never saw them again.

[@blogblock]

Damn this shit is way better thought out than i thought

[@TheStrangerous]

They have it down to a science.

[@karstenshields1694]

I saw there was some website that allows you to send animal sh*t anywhere on earth

[@TommyCallaway]

Great way to start a Friday. Another Modern Rogue video. Also, where do I send my bank account number to again?

[@raaahj]

Tommy Callaway 911

[@shanirae5276]

Reminds me of the vine where a girl gave a fake credit card number and the scammer punched it in and was like “do you think we’re f-ing stupid??”

[@watermelonhelmet6854]

Another trick is that when the scammers feel like their victim has worked out they're being scammed... they'll send the victim a link to a fake bank website with a username and password and basically say "Congratulations, everything's worked, here's your money."... and the victim gets to log into the website, see an account with a few million in it and it will even let them make some transfers. Of course, the transfers don't work... and the next time they log in their account is 'frozen' because some taxes haven't been paid, or there's another fee to pay. Basically it's the equivalent of showing the victim a suitcase stuffed with cash and giving them the moment of thinking everything's worked out to motivate them to part with even more cash.

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

I was finally called up by a microsoft 'i-need-access-to-your-computer-to-fix-a-problem' employee yesterday. Should have strung them along and waste their time but I was annoyed by telemarketers.

[@IceMetalPunk]

That's when you pop open a VM and let them go to town. Bonus points if you fill that VM's desktop with all kinds of weird porn shit first for them to see.

[@wolffgang101]

I know a few people who had people contact them about information they had on them, it was usually browser history like porn sites, and the people I knew gave them money to to "publish" that info

[@mhilmyfauzi4523]

goddammit, took the last bit seriously. scammed

[@BrandtHughes]

Hello, yes I am the O'Fryman himself, Daniel Murphy, and boy do I have a proposition for you!

[@Diamondusa7]

I once received this email and replied "This email is now under FBI investigation" never heard from them again.

[@sousamaster06]

My first and only scam I ever fell for was shortly after I started using eBay. I was bidding on a Palm Treo (I know...) and lost, but then shortly after, I received an email saying that the original deal fell through because the bidder couldn't come up with the funds and that I was the second highest bidder and I could have it for my bid. It looked legit (but wouldn't pass my now highly developed keen eye) and the only thing that looked fishy was that the email had the link to the ended auction and that the email didn't match the seller's name. But I went through with it and had my mom drive me up to a liquor store (I didn't have my temps nor old enough to drink) to get a Western Union moneygram, emailed the dude the info, and then proceeded to freak out waiting for a response. I finally did receive a response something to the tune of "Great. The agent will now be dispatched to your door" and I was like "Huh? What agent? Oh shit! Am I going to get arrested for a technicality or something? No, that can't be it... Fuck! I just got scammed! Double fuck!! I have to tell my mom!" which I was arguably more afraid of than being arrested at the time lol.

[@jratk719]

I knew this one guy who sent roughly $5,000 or more dollars to these "Russian women" who wanted to get into the US but they had to mail gold to their employer and if he did it they would mail him a gold bar and one of them would come live with him.

[@manictiger]

That's really damn smart. Recast, gold is untraceable.

[@sus4644]

Jratk71 everyone would fall for that because *russian women*

[@math5690]

WERE ROLLING OUT IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LOOKING FOR THE BEST DINERS DRIVE IN'S AND DIVES! (no worries Brian i loved your joke)

[@ModernRogue]

///transmission corrupt/// winners revealed redd.it/5zy9ph -signal lost-

[@aboxofspinfusors7173]

The Modern Rogue Is that supposed to be decoded?

[@therealjoshua943]

The Modern Rogue ok

[@ethanh.6643]

interesting code, Brian... Now to solve the riddle

[@texnole2447]

The Modern Rogue i really want to try this now.

[@jassie138]

Answering my summons

[@dianabuck7310]

A scammer contacted me through my tutoring agency just last year. It's this scam where they pose as a client and pay you for your services in advance, but they send you a check for the cost of your services and the kid's caretaker. And if you just wire over that thousand dollars of wages to the caretaker after depositing the check, you can keep the remainder, which covers your wages and a little extra for helping them out. The trick to this is that the check won't clear for a few days, so when it bounces, you've already sent your own money out of your account. I didn't end up being scammed, but I did approach it as a legitimate client for a good 2 weeks. They just made two fatal flaws. Firstly, they picked a mark that was so poor, she wouldn't have enough money to wire over until the check cleared (which of course wouldn't have happened). Secondly, they misspelled "company" on the check, which made it painfully obvious that it was a scam. I was stringing them along for a bit, amused by how many excuses they could think of for canceling tutoring sessions. But it got boring. HEADS UP: This scam has many versions, including a potential roommate who writes you a check for his/her deposit and the payment for the moving company to ship his/her car abroad, plus a little extra you get to keep for helping wire over the money to the movers. That version fooled my fairly sensible boyfriend when he was in college.

[@dontwannabnormal7613]

a scammer got almost $9000 from a lady I worked for telling her they were the power company on their way to shut the deli's power off. She's a novice business owner who takes on more than she can handle. After she wired the money over my statement to her was..."You don't think it is strange that they are coming to turn off the power today unless you wire them the payment?" I have been lucky enough to distinguish scammers when I use craigslist and such. To me it seems pretty obvious when it is a scam. Also the phrase "I will pay three times what you are asking if you..." is usually a pretty good clue...

[@MrAlex-jz4xi]

i never found a scam or spam email in 7 years!

[@ModernRogue]

whoa.

[@hughaldous5195]

The Modern Rogue i use gmail and never get these, im missing out

[@shaneebahera8566]

check your spam box

[@AndreasElf]

DO you have an email adress.... :D

[@girf4233]

Andreas Elf you need a email account to make a youtube account xD

[@Kot337]

3:05 ALL WE HAD TO DO, WAS LITTLE PAPER-WARK, *CJ*

[@ScibbieGames]

I don't need notifications to be early

[@ScibbieGames]

670 views at time of viewing (16minutes ago)

[@transformersloverjon]

5.2K

[@alexhuerta511]

Scibbie / ǝıqqıɔS Be proud of yourself. You were kind of early to a KZbin video. Lmao you've done nothing

[@UserForYouEh]

288,331

[@seanwarren9357]

Kyle Gould 287,654

[@DukeNauticus]

There's been one time and one time only, when I almost fell for a scam... or at least I think it was a scam. This was like ten years ago. Back then, I'd been looking into getting a greencard to move to and work at the US, during which, I'd handed my phone number and e-mail to a couple fairly professional looking sites... and it didn't take long, till my phone rang. When I answered it, I had a man with an Indian accent, tell me that I'd been chosen for a greencard raffle. The guy was very nice, kept complimenting me during the phone call and a whole lot more... and then asked for my credit card number. Said they would have to bill me, not for the raffle, but for the stuff they'd be sending me... I think it was for like "USA 101" stuff, like flyers about what to do and how to make a living in America, once/if I won the raffle. It was only at the middle of reading my credit card number to them, when I realized that "Something is not right here..." and eventually cut the call. They tried calling me several times again in the coming days, but I never picked up.

[@liemokid]

Holy Crap! When I was 13 years old, back in '93, some guy approached my older brother and offered him a huge speaker. He said that it was the same ones installed in the movie theaters, the Dolby THX kind. He had an "extra" one and wanted $200. My brother being the shrewd consumer deduced that they were stolen and talked him down to $150. We didn't even try this thing out, my brother immediately turned around and sold it to his co-worker for $300. To this day we don't know if the damned thing actually worked as promised.

[@tixeright9120]

wait... people still read email? I have nothing but junk and receipts in mine.

[@KingQueerRoman]

TIXE RIGHT I don't even use my email

[@MsJavaWolf]

Email is still important. My landlord sends my emails, clients send me emails etc. Are you only using messenger apps?

[@TheCommissarIsDead]

I don’t even check my email lol

[@cammz05]

*_-I JUST FOUND OUT HOW TO DO THIS!!!-_*

[@darianbrown5098]

Cammz05 Eyyyyyy somebody learned a little *markdown*

[@adeleke5140]

How do you do that?

[@sean3533]

@@adeleke5140 for bold put asterisks before and after the words you want bolded. For strike through, highlight the words you want and type Alt-F4

[@mrpanda-nr9bf]

*n-word*

[@WRARRior]

The final memorial line was the icing on the cake here. 10/10

[@TheStoneSpiral]

I once got a phone call from Jamaica claiming to be in Publisher's clearing house. They wanted me to stay on the phone and then drive to a Western Union to send them $200 to pay the fee to then go to a place to get a car and my millions. When I told them I hadn't signed up for PCH they said you can get applied by buying gas. I got transferred to a guy supposedly in the truck with the new car on the bed and some numbers to help verify with the prize people, I even got a description of the lady I was supposed to look for right down to the color of her scarf. While this conversation was going on I was on the computer looking up the phone number and how PCH contacts winners. They do none of the things this lady was telling me to do over the phone. So I called them on their shit and e-mailed all the contact information I was given to PCH to help them deal with scammers.

[@doktawhawee9870]

Wow! It turned out that I am related King Bobadoo Banana in Nigeria!

[@jaredcizowski5791]

Nigerian prince 👑 🇳🇬😤⁉️ I grind all day 💯🤑 prince not needed 🙅🏾‍♂️❌ R.I.P scammers 🤡💰Nigeria 4:19

[@dkcsi9256]

Jared Cizowski What manner of cancer is this comment...

[@johantabares7218]

This gold fuck yall😂

[@None85853]

Would've been better if you put 4:20 🚬

[@novatortuosi7677]

I'm the future president of Nigeria.

[@hazey_cosmic_jive]

I lived there, you'd be better than the current one, Buhari!

[@paoloangelino24]

"You know what, Toby? When the son of the deposed King of Nigeria e-mails you directly asking for help, you help. His father ran the freaking country, okay?" -Michael Scott

[@funwithbee8700]

Not important but just wanted to clear this up, we have a president but we still have kings of different places/communities

[@NickDe3]

I've had some fun with those "Your computer may be hacked" phone call scammers. I just played dumb and they were like "you own a computer and you don't know how to use it" and then they rage quit.