tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post3793298995368263731..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The Digital Detective, Banking part 1Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-7704201357113982472013-06-03T12:06:57.279-04:002013-06-03T12:06:57.279-04:00"You can't cheat an honest man". Ma..."You can't cheat an honest man". Maybe. It's really hard to scam someone who isn't greedy. It's summed up by a telemarketer who called us up one day. My husband answered. The telem. said, "Do you want to be a millionaire?" My husband said, "No." The telemarketer gasped, then babbled, and Allan hung up on him. <br /><br />Personally, I love receiving Nigerian scam letters, etc., because I love reading whatever the latest wrinkle is. But why and how people fall for that - is it that we just cannot believe there is no such thing as a free lunch? '<br />Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-90660936029633231352013-06-03T00:23:14.134-04:002013-06-03T00:23:14.134-04:00I'm not sure how we got on this topic, but her...I'm not sure how we got on this topic, but here's more on cashing <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-20434,00.html" rel="nofollow">cows</a> and <a href="http://usf.usfca.edu/pj/articles/ThePractice2.htm" rel="nofollow">pigs</a>.<br><br /><br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-67665647359557152012013-06-03T00:01:05.315-04:002013-06-03T00:01:05.315-04:00I had heard a supposed anecdote about a check writ...I had heard a supposed anecdote about a check written on the side of a live hog, but <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/562/can-you-write-a-check-on-any-old-piece-of-paper" rel="nofollow">another article</a> speaks of a cow. It's apparently not unusual to write checks, especially checks to the IRS, on shirts. "Shirt off my back," get it?<br><br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-8190756657390918642013-06-02T20:52:48.508-04:002013-06-02T20:52:48.508-04:00Isn't there some sort of urban legend about so...Isn't there some sort of urban legend about somebody writing a check on a pig skin?Lauren Delraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-36905645121546731482013-06-02T15:01:21.831-04:002013-06-02T15:01:21.831-04:00Vicki, I've read that before, that the portrai...Vicki, I've read that before, that the portrait scammers paint is so seductive, that victims not only refuse to listen to family and friends, but even after they've lost their savings or house, they continue to believe in the fortune promised by the bad guys.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-25074383990389102632013-06-02T14:32:44.651-04:002013-06-02T14:32:44.651-04:00Leigh, I hadn't thought about the religious as...Leigh, I hadn't thought about the religious aspect of some of the scams. I can see how that would bring a lot more into play than simple greed.<br /><br />Not too long ago I watched a woman on a TV show who was scammed by a Nigerian huckster. She kept refusing to believe she'd been scammed even when the TV host proved it to her. Sometimes people don't want to know the truth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18211113589300842194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-48340582394629549282013-06-02T14:27:33.711-04:002013-06-02T14:27:33.711-04:00I guess bank robbery is legal as long as it's ...I guess bank robbery is legal as long as it's the banks doing the robbing.<br /><br />I think greed more than anything drives people in getting sucked into the scams, but there are some pretty gullible folks out there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18211113589300842194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-36605441263788653992013-06-02T14:24:36.164-04:002013-06-02T14:24:36.164-04:00Vicki and anon, for certain banks have devised tri...Vicki and anon, for certain banks have devised tricks of the trade, and I use 'tricks' in its trickiest sense.<br /><br />Louis, you ask a perceptive question. Often, you hear only greed mentioned, but it seems more complicated than that. Perhaps people ask why they shouldn't experience good fortune too. But I notice a number of the Nigerian scams refer to charities and religion, so I think the schemes play (and prey) upon any number of motives. Greed may be high on the list, but it's too simple and insulting an answer.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-60767411598564884062013-06-02T14:11:00.038-04:002013-06-02T14:11:00.038-04:00I don't understand how banks maintain their gu...I don't understand how banks maintain their guise of respectability, but after the government payoffs in 2008, I suppose we have a clue. Wrong as it is, I guess it's little wonder we romanticize bank robbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-82799144085165935482013-06-02T14:07:57.328-04:002013-06-02T14:07:57.328-04:00It seems the email scams are pretty easy because o...It seems the email scams are pretty easy because of a lack of diligence by the victims but especially by the banks. You would expect the banks to catch bogus checks and money orders no matter how good the forgery. <br /><br />And I wonder is it trust or greed that makes people easy targets for such scams.Louis A. Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563842429688123421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-84427913659718606912013-06-02T12:42:03.587-04:002013-06-02T12:42:03.587-04:00Leigh,
Do you think there's any such thing as ...Leigh,<br />Do you think there's any such thing as an honest bank?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18211113589300842194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-14891396333383909122013-06-02T12:28:49.513-04:002013-06-02T12:28:49.513-04:00Janice, according to historical sources, Bank of A...Janice, according to historical sources, Bank of America originally began as a mafia stronghold. It's nice to see it hasn't strayed far from its roots.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-67377992735603643722013-06-02T08:16:01.328-04:002013-06-02T08:16:01.328-04:00And here I thought the only banking problem was B ...And here I thought the only banking problem was B of A's impenetrable statements!Janice Lawnoreply@blogger.com