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Postby dammuzis » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:32 am

i got this email yesterday, the grammar is even worse then most of the things posted here. figured you all might want a good laught trying to read it

Hi friend !Have good day! The computer in service of acquaintances
found to me some structures of people which coincide with my inquiry.
I preliminary studied them and has decided to send you to the first
the message because your structure seems to me more interesting. I
hope, that you have time to send me some messages that we could it is
better to find out each other. I shall tell a little about myself; my
age of 28 years old,my name is Yuliua . I was not married and I live
in an apartment of my parents . Some years, after the ending of
training I work as the teacher of literature at school. To me to like
productive leisure,periodically go in for sports for maintenance of a
body. I like to travel and be in different places, but my work does
not allow me to do it frequently. I have many friends, we sometimes
together spend time, play billiards and tennis, we have other
entertainment. I use the Internet mine of the girlfriend. I write
letters of a house and I go to my girlfriend who lives in the next
house to receive your letters and to send you the answer on the
Internet. I send you the picture that you knew my person. Also I want
to ask you to send me some pictures of you. Please ask things
interesting you about me and inform me some the information on you:
what you love an entertainment? What your character? What you love
qualities in women? Whether you had the wife? I shall answer on your
questions and to inform you it is more about itself in following
E-mail! I shall be to wait for your messages. Mine the address is


following all this mess is a email hyperlink that actually takes you to a very bad match.com phising webpage. i dont use any online dating services so wasnt exactly sure how this one got my email
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Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

Postby Martrae » Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:53 am

I work as the teacher of literature at school



Best part of the whole letter!
Inside each person lives two wolves. One is loyal, kind, respectful, humble and open to the mystery of life. The other is greedy, jealous, hateful, afraid and blind to the wonders of life. They are in battle for your spirit. The one who wins is the one you feed.
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Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

Postby Gypsiyee » Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:51 am

dammuzis wrote:following all this mess is a email hyperlink that actually takes you to a very bad match.com phising webpage. i dont use any online dating services so wasnt exactly sure how this one got my email


I imagine it's somewhere along the same lines of how I, a person with no member, managed to fall into a spam routing with advice on how I could extend mine and please my woman better.
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Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

Postby Maeya » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:11 pm

Apparently I'm in dire need of Rolex replicas.
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Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

Postby Kramer » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:50 pm

it's Cartier replicas for me.... i must be just a little higher class than you.
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    Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

    Postby Gaazy » Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:02 pm

    Is it bad tha tI dont know what a Cartier is?
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    Postby Tuggan » Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:16 pm

    no, it means more men need to start dating west virginia hoes.
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    Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

    Postby Kramer » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:13 pm

    :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:



    for reeeeeelz


    here are some Cartier watches for your enjoyment:

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    and this is a STEAL at $21,760 !!!! hurry while there is still time. -

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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby Gaazy » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:31 pm

      good god almighty. Some people have way too much fucking godamn money. My camo velcro wall mart 7 dollar watch tells me the time and date just fucking fine. 21 grand for a watch? Bleh
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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby Harrison » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:08 am

      I was doing work up in Boston one time, I inventoried a $7,000 "blouse".

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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby brinstar » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:05 am

      thanks for the info, now i know that i should immediately suckerpunch any piece of shit wearing a real cartier
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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby Arlos » Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:33 am

      Sometimes watches are more personal jewelry than they are timepieces. Also, at certain levels of business, etc, having something of a certain quality is necessary in order to not look out of place. Just like you won't see a VP of a major corporation going to a client meeting in a leisure suit from K-Mart, you likewise won't see one in a 9 dollar plastic Swatch, either.

      Also, frequently watches of sufficient quality can be passed down family lines, like other jewelry. For example, my father has a Rolex that is made out of 18k gold, heavy as hell, that was handed down from my grandfather. Due to its age and materials, it's probably worth $15000 by now, but we'd never sell it. Eventually, I'll get it from my father, and someday, should I ever end up having a son, he'll get it. If I don't, my brother's son will.

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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby Gaazy » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:14 am

      Stuff passed down like that is different. Im talkin about a douche bag who buys a 20k watch because it makes him look cooler just because he can
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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby Tikker » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:18 am

      Gaazy wrote:Stuff passed down like that is different. Im talkin about a douche bag who buys a 20k watch because it makes him look cooler just because he can


      no, it's exactly the same thing

      there's a big difference between a nice watch, and a cheap piece of shit


      if you have more money, you'll buy more expensive stuff

      it's just the way people work.
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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby Gaazy » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:36 am

      No, Id have more money to not spend and save up and invest wisely, not goin out to buy a 20k watch
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      Postby Gypsiyee » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:47 am

      well, in all reality - a watch of that caliber is an investment, because just like Arlos's family heirloom, it'll appreciate in value down the road

      I'm not a fan of the paris hiltons of the world who waste money that's handed to them as I grew up poor as shit and have to work for every penny I have, but if you've earned it to spend, I don't see anything wrong with spending it on something like that. A sweater is a bit different, that's more like a car. .depreciates as soon as it's in your hands. Like art for example.. I just can't share the passion of people who spend a million bucks on a painting that looks similar to something I finger painted when I was 3, but it appreciates in value - you enjoy it while you have it, and then later in life if you want to sell it for retirement money, you do.

      with all due respect Gaazy, a good chunk of the population wouldn't be caught dead in a camo hillbilly watch >< you and my ex would get along famously, I swear you're clones of one another o.O

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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby Gaazy » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:08 pm

      The camo watch thing was more of an example kind of. Im not saying everyone should go out and buy a 7 dollar watch for gods sake dear. I meant more that theres BOUND to be better things to put money in than stuff like that. And thats probably why I may not make as much as some people, but I still have a nicer vehicle that a lot I know, etc. I guess it smore of a matter of opinion of what people hold important. To me, it may be a vehicle or whatever, and to some that may be a stupid watch. Its whatever
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      Postby Maeya » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:15 pm

      I get what you're saying Gaazy - but I think it's because we're *not* in that income bracket. To me, spending $70,000 on a car is incredulous, and a huge waste of money on something completely unnecessary. I could think of soooooo many other things to do with that amount of money. Same with a 20k watch - my $100 watch has been serving me wonderfully for the last 7 years or so. But if I raked in multimillion dollars every year as income, dropping 20k on a watch wouldn't seem as ridiculous anymore. It's a completely different mentality, that I just don't have.
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      Postby Gaazy » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:10 pm

      Might be the areas you guys live in too that I didnt think about before. Different cultures altogether. I know a lot of people through work that are worth millions that dont buy stupid shit like that. My 2nd cousin owns coal mines, and along with his investments in oil and gas and god knows what else, is worth into the billions. The last company he built and sold with the mines he got something like 300 mil for it. He has some pretty damn nice toys, but he still drives a F-150 hes had for years. If you talked to him and didnt know who he was, you wouldnt know hes worth a dime. Thats the kind of people I like, not the ones who think theyve got to spend the money to let the whole world know theyve got money, because I personally dont give two shits how much someone makes, it doesnt affect me.

      theres a guy around here named Buck Harless whos retired and out of the business now, but hes been huge in coal and loggin and stuff for many many years. Everyone acts all worshippy and stuff to him because hes worth so much, when everyone knows hes just a huge fucking asshole. I might be one of the only people in a while he's got a good solid "fuck off" from because everyone else sucks up to him. He's a big supporter of our high school football team, and one time I found a spot right by the entrance last year and as I was getting out of the truck he pulls in behind me and says somethin like "Move, thats my spot" (which after talking to people he's been known to act like that before if doesnt get that spot), so I told him to get their earlier and kiss my ass. Was nice to see the stunned look on his face that someone would stand up to him~ Just a bully.

      dont know where that story came to mind at, just thought it was funny and tied in well~
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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby Harrison » Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:32 pm

      Side note:

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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby Gaazy » Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:41 pm

      Haha yea I remember reading somethin like that a while back. I would have guessed somethin like the new Tahoe's or Denali's. A lot of the little hubby's little girl soccer moms around here drive those things
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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby Jay » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:41 pm

      I own a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust and I think its worth every penny. Rolex is an ok watch if you stack it against say an Omega or a Tag. New Rolexes are rated now above swiss watches but you're not buying a Rolex if you're just buying a watch. You're buying, like Arlos said, a timepiece. It's not everyday you get to buy something you will have for the rest of your life and even beyond that. Also, it benefits me professionally since where I live and work, image is more important than anything. I don't think you're a yuppie assclown if you buy a Rolex. If you can afford one and you have good taste, it's certainly an investment and an appreciating one at that. Also, if you knew the meticulous detail that gets put into a Rolex you'd know they're virtually indestructable.
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      Postby Tikker » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:26 pm

      Gaazy wrote: I meant more that theres BOUND to be better things to put money in than stuff like that. And thats probably why I may not make as much as some people, but I still have a nicer vehicle that a lot I know, etc.


      and some people would rather have a nice watch, as opposed to a disposable vehicle that'll be worth jack shit in 10 years

      some people spend their money on cars, some on computers, some on jewelry

      it's all the same thing
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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby 10sun » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:18 pm

      Jay wrote:You're buying, like Arlos said, a timepiece. It's not everyday you get to buy something you will have for the rest of your life and even beyond that.


      Bullshit, it is just a watch.

      THIS is a timepiece:
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      Re: i think someone might be trying to scam me

      Postby Harrison » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:19 pm

      Jay wrote:I own a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust and I think its worth every penny. Rolex is an ok watch if you stack it against say an Omega or a Tag. New Rolexes are rated now above swiss watches but you're not buying a Rolex if you're just buying a watch. You're buying, like Arlos said, a timepiece. It's not everyday you get to buy something you will have for the rest of your life and even beyond that. Also, it benefits me professionally since where I live and work, image is more important than anything. I don't think you're a yuppie assclown if you buy a Rolex. If you can afford one and you have good taste, it's certainly an investment and an appreciating one at that. Also, if you knew the meticulous detail that gets put into a Rolex you'd know they're virtually indestructable.


      Lol what a wonderful way to justify throwing money away on frivolous bullshit in a bunch of words.
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