A sucker born every nano-second

I glanced at The Star at the BF with a new found first-cyber then-terrestrial mate Din M when this struck me dumb for words.

I told matey with an equally wicked sense of humour like Desi, and rumour, like RPK, that it proves again the saw:
"THere is a sucker born every minute".

WITH THE iNTERNET AND sms AS COMMON AS ROTI CANAI DAN TEHTARIK AT OUR bf TABLE,
Desi updated It to:

There is a sucker born every second.

"No, Desi, rephrase that -- There is a sucker born every nano-second," dIN SWIFTLY AND WRYLY INTERJECTED, with emphasis on the mega speeds and instantaneous response in communications.

See The Star, page N31:






Engineer
loses
RM88,000
in scam


PENANG: Thinking that he had won US$1mil (RM3.6mil) in a lottery via the Internet, a 27-year-old engineer followed instructions and deposited RM88,000 into a bank account of an unknown individual, said to be from China as processing fee.

Unbeknown to him, the man on the end of the telephone line was a swindler who had cheated numerous others from Johor and Kuala Lumpur.

The Bayan Lepas factory engineer received an SMS in early September instructing him to deposit 10% of the “winning” amount into an overseas bank account as processing fee and international insurance.

The engineer then called the number and was told by the man, who spoke in Mandarin, that he had won the US$1mil that was being held by a Hong Kong-based bank.

He managed to convince the engineer that he had won the lottery.

The engineer borrowed money from relatives and friends and between September and November deposited RM88,000 into the bank account.

After failing to come up with the rest of the money, he told the man that he would deposit the remaining sum after getting his winnings.

The engineer became suspicious when the man said “no” to him and kept on pressing him for more money.

He lodged a police report on Nov 11 after several friends he consulted told him that it was a scam.

A businessman in George Town received a similar SMS on Thursday claiming that he had won US$1.4mil (RM5.04mil) but he did not fall for the scam.

He reported the matter to the police.

OCPD Asst Comm Azam Abd Hamidsaid the public should not be easily taken in by good news which seemed too good to be true.

“One should not be too gullible or greedy as many people have lost their life savings after falling for such scams. Do not be too eager to part with your hard earned money.”

mGf, yOU'VE gOT mAIL!
YOU ARE THE 999,999 VISITOR;
YOU JUST STRUCK THE FIRST PRIZE AT THE *.... LOTTO
worth USD1million!

*four dots, "see" liau-liau!:):(:):(

Buy (the blue-cheap stocks), now that the Bursa Malaysia (olde KLSE) is on a Bull Run!
Bye (to your hard-earned cash if Thou Be Greedy! and don't no when to take profit and do the 100 metres in 9.9, like Desi!:)