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Title: Conning the Con
Post by: limetom on December 09, 2007, 09:34:31 PM
A bit of knowledge of the Cthulhu mythos is required for full effect, but it should be enjoyable nonetheless.  I wish I would have thought of this...

Reverse Nigerian Email Scam (http://www.geocities.com/steerp1ke/David_Ehi.html)
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: Haphazzard on December 12, 2007, 09:21:38 PM
I know nothing of Cthulhu mythos (I don't even know how to pronounce the damn word cthulhu), but the time I invested into reading this was well spent.  Loved that last email, it kind of reminds me of Punchdrunk Love (a bad movie where the main character falls for a phone-sex scam and gets attacked by the scammers for cancelling his credit card account).  I did enjoy the email storyline, though, and I decided to read more than just the red text.  All in all, funny and fantasy-style entertainment.  bravo.  Say, did you ever give the police any of that?
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: SDragon on December 12, 2007, 09:40:08 PM
Speaking for Limetom, I don't the he was "Randolph", so I doubt he knows if any of it reached the cops.

I'm reading it right now, but I'm only at the first letter. It certainly reeks of a scam so far, though.
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: limetom on December 12, 2007, 10:06:22 PM
Quote from: Sdragon1984Speaking for Limetom, I don't the he was "Randolph", so I doubt he knows if any of it reached the cops.

I'm reading it right now, but I'm only at the first letter. It certainly reeks of a scam so far, though.
Nope, I didn't do this; I found it elsewhere.  Also, for this kind of thing, at least in USland, you go to the Secret Service, not the police.
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: Haphazzard on December 12, 2007, 10:19:46 PM
I figured you'd go to the police to find the scammer and they'd pass it on to whatever higher authority warranted it's attention.  Besides Police = 911; Secret Service = ???
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: SDragon on December 12, 2007, 10:39:55 PM
Okay, now I've read the whole thing, and oh my god is it hilarious! I honestly can't believe it went that smoothly.
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: limetom on December 13, 2007, 03:55:46 AM
Quote from:  911; Secret Service = ???[/quotehttp://www.secretservice.gov/[/url] or your regional field office (http://www.secretservice.gov/contact.shtml).  Whichever.  As for the police, it's actually outside their jurisdiction, being (typically) an international crime, so they'd just tell you  to call the Secret Service anyway.  Also, 911 is for emergencies; police do have local, non-emergency numbers.
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: Kindling on December 13, 2007, 10:42:37 AM
Quote from: HaphazzardI know nothing of Cthulhu mythos (I don't even know how to pronounce the damn word cthulhu)

Kuh-THOO-loo
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: psychoticbarber on December 13, 2007, 12:29:13 PM
That was...glorious. I love it.
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: SDragon on December 13, 2007, 01:35:20 PM
Quote from: Kindling
Quote from: HaphazzardI know nothing of Cthulhu mythos (I don't even know how to pronounce the damn word cthulhu)

Kuh-THOO-loo


That's what I use, too, but apparently the "proper" pronunciation is something more like KLUL-hoo. to-MAY-to to-MAH-to, IMHO.
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: Stargate525 on December 14, 2007, 01:15:51 PM
This page is #4 on google for 'conning the con.' That's insane.
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: limetom on December 14, 2007, 02:51:02 PM
Quote from: Stargate525This page is #4 on google for 'conning the con.' That's insane.
I'm made of all kinds of win, it seems.  Well... either that or I pay Google like everyone else.  One of the three.
Title: Conning the Con
Post by: Kindling on December 14, 2007, 05:57:25 PM
Quote from: Sdragon1984That's what I use, too, but apparently the "proper" pronunciation is something more like KLUL-hoo. to-MAY-to to-MAH-to, IMHO.


Well, actually, the "proper" pronunciation is impossible to achieve with human anatomy, but kuh-THOO-loo and the like are closest approximations us pitiful fleshbags can achieve :P
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