I was at work yesterday and I got a call to the service desk. An elderly lady was trying to buy a $550 money order to send to nigeria
After talking with her for a minute I knew she was being scammed. I tried to explain to her what the scam was, but she wasn't having any of it. She told me she was a doctor, her husband is a federal agent for the last 18 years, she owns a corportation in nigeria, etc....
Turns out she sent $3000 to canada to buy this corporation in nigeria a couple months ago. Well now she owes taxes on it. The
other 2 money orders she sent last week and the week before(each for $550) never made it to nigeria
. So the governor of nigeria called her at 2am very upset that her tax money hadn't arrived. She was instructed to send another $550 that day.
I tried to talk some sense into her. I explained and explained she was being scammed until I was red in the face. I even had a police officer that just happened to come in the store try to talk some sense into her. She was bound and determined to send the money.
I tried and tried but to no avail. She got her money order and left content.
HOW THE FUCK CAN PEOPLE BE SO STUPID!!!
Had a similar situation about a month ago where a semi-retarded guy tried to send $4800 to nigeria so he could claim some prize money. We managed to talk him out of it though.
I knew shoplifters were stupid, but this takes the cake.