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I got an email today that Mother Teresa wants to send me money. Over $2 million USD.

Do these Spammers really believe that Americans are that stupid?


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Apparently, some miniscule per centage of Americans ARE that stupid, or they wouldn't keep doing it.




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Didn't Mother Theresa take a vow of poverty?

You'd have to be pretty stupid to believe that she has two million dollars. Of course if she did have it, it's totally believable that she would want to send it to me. After all, I am pretty deserving.



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The particularly nice thing is she's doing it from beyond the grave. How considerate can a person be?
 
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Nah, once that "click here to make your XXXX bigger" button didn't work I don't trust anything online.
 
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Do these Spammers really believe that Americans are that stupid?


Yes. It's a numbers game.

It only takes a very minimal amount of effort to send that message out to millions of email addresses.

And it only takes one really stupid person falling for it to pay off.

Even with those millions-to-one odds, from the scammer's perspective, they have nothing to lose and a lot to potentially gain.
 
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I've read that they make the spam as stupid as possible as a weeding device. They don't want their time wasted by someone dumb enough to respond at first, but smart enough to back out later. They want only the all-out foolish to respond.

Seems plausible.


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Didn't Mother Theresa take a vow of poverty?



Sure she did. How do you think she came up with the 2Mil$. Saved liked a bitch she did.

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I got an email today that Mother Teresa wants to send me money. Over $2 million USD.


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Do these Spammers really believe that Americans are that stupid?


For just $10,000 you can feed a village for a whole year. Children with shoes on their feet and food in their bellies, and a new tin siding for their roof.

And if you give $20,000, well you'll receive pictures of all those children who'll write you EVERY day telling you of how wonderful their life is now and, for only another $15,000, they can all go a public which has clean, running water which to wash their faces.

Now please, why do you think they get money?






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