Mod edit - unnecessary full quote of post directly above has been removed - SP
ah yes, I just signed up to 419eater. I also want to help warn people and protect people (proably because I just got home from Iraq and free from the Army, something in me just wants to protect people.) So I signed onto both boards. My mailbox is flooded with cheque scams, for some reason I don't get many of the other scams.
At first my logic was "well, if people are stupid enough to fall for scams, that's on them" until I realized how elaborate the scammers are, and how ignorant (not in a bad way) a lot of people are when it comes to the internet.they don't realize the scammers got their email addy from a webpage or list somewhere, and think "well if they have my email address it must be legit". However, I haven't yet experienced anyone who didn't believe me when I told them it was a scam. I'm gonna have to read through the posts and find the people that are in denial, and try to help them see the light (I'm very good at being persuasive and getting people to listen, especially once I tell them I was in the Army and in Iraq,)