Just about
everyone runs across a scammer sooner or later in their lives. I
myself recently got another phishing mail concerning a game account
that I reported to Google. Scams like this are shotgun scams, fire
off enough at once and someone might get hit.
Phone
scammers are usually more targeted, but in the following story, our
wannabe criminal mastermind should have done his research.
Meet our
scammer, a 29 year old Jamaican man called Thomas. He called up 94
years old William Webster and told him he had won $15.5 million as
well as a brand new Mercedes-Benz. All Webster had to do was pay
$50.000 for tax, and the money would be his. There was only one tiny
problem, Mr. Webster is the only person ever, who has served as
director of both the FBI and
the CIA...
Unsurprisingly,
Webster smelled a rat and called the feds. Then Thomas, annoyed at
not having gotten his 50k called again and threatened Websters wife.
Bad idea.
In
2017, Thomas flew to New York unaware that the FBI was waiting, and
in the end Thomas got 71 months in prison.
Not all
old people are befuddled and easy to scam.
Back in
1995, a Canadian got on the news due to his name; Dick Assman.
(pronounced OSS-men). The name is not the whole reason why he got on
the news, it was because he wanted a vanity license plate that read
ASSMAN, which the authorities refused, as they considered it rude out
of context. Not one to give up easily, Dick instead got a huge green
decal on the back of his pick-up that says:
-Saskatchewan-
ASSMAN
-Land of Living Skies-
The
authorities are apparently okay with this, calling it a satisfying
resolution, as they have no power over decals. Go Assman!
Also in
Canada, a 69 year old woman, Seungae Kim, who owns/runs a convenience
store was the subject of an attempted robbery. She was eating a
banana as the masked assailant walked in and as he threatened her,
she grabbed the nearest thing she could get her hands on, a bunch of
bananas, and smacked him in the face. Repeatedly. As he fled the
store, she continued to pelt him with more bananas. When the police
showed up, she said she was more concerned with protecting her
husband than the money in the till.
Finally in
Connecticut, USA, a woman was arrested for driving under the
influence. No actual drugs or alcohol was found in her car as such,
except several bottles of vanilla extract that she had guzzled. The
essence of vanilla is suspended in alcohol, and if you drink enough,
you get wasted. How she stomached all that strong vanilla, I have no
idea, but I suppose she was a sweet person...
That is
that, join me again next time and until then, have a safe week!
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