A lad I barely know ballhopped a scammer once, it involved another friend of mine, it was one of the greatest of all time, and it went like this.
Lets call him john x was sitting at his desk in sydney one morning when he received an email, this poor unfortunate was in desperate need of funds to pay for a relatives medical treatment, and was willing to repay any donations with interest!
bored, John X said he’d play along, started emailing yer man back, saying he was sorry for his trouble, he really wanted to help, but was concerned that he was being scammed. How did he know yer man was in australia, (as the poor divil claimed he was) in order to prove it, yer man had to send him a picture of a local landmark, yer man obliged with a picture of the sydney harbour bridge.
Ok John X said, but that could easily have been googled, can you send me a picture of you near a sydney train station, no problem was the reply he got, and john x soon received a picture of a young brown skinned man near a station in sydneys suburbs.
ok John X replied, I almost fully believe you, I have the money here to help, and I hope you can pay me back with interest in the next few months, but to prove its you, not a picture off someones facebook, you’ll have to send me a photo that verifys it.
an aside, our mutual friend is called cathal, someone once called him chaz messing, over the years that developed into chazmund as a rarely used but ridiculous nickname.
So John X said, send me the personalised photo following my exact instructions, and I’ll wire the money instantly…so he did, at which time john blocked the emails
in case ye think this is bollox, here’s the photo
), but I clicked into the link to see further details (I shit you not). It all seemed fairly legitimate, but when they asked me for my bank details I thought the better of it. Anyway I rang ESB and they told me it was a scam!!! So lucky I didn’t put in my details. Be careful everyone!!!
