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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by rhaps0dy on Monday January 23, 2017 @02:55PM (#13465362)
HN is not a hivemind though. Also Western Union could say "it's a scam, are you sure?" instead.
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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by bitJericho on Monday January 23, 2017 @03:58PM (#13465936)
I'd bet they do already. The thing with people falling for scams is that they will refuse to the end of time to believe its a scam.
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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by ensignavenger on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:54PM (#13466438)
I worked at a computer shop many years ago. We had a guy come in wanting us to help him send an email with his personal information (bank account, social security number, IIRC) to- a Nigerian scammer! We told him it was a scam, and he insisted it was not, he refused to listen to reason. I don't know if he ever found someone to help him or figured it out on his own or what came of it.
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