I’m sure many new members haven’t read this. If you need a laugh, read: https://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/forum/discussion-forums/off-course/8248-i-am-now-a-bnt-a-new-scammer-page-13
Oh @skydy thankyou! Cold and frosty morning here in SW Victoria, Aus - animals are fed and I’m about to settle in for this! I’m only up to the OP’s (first?) reply! Brilliant stuff!
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Oh, I’m glad. I just re-read it, I hadn’t read it in ages and I’d forgotten how funny it was.
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This was hilarious. Some of the responses are perfection. Who was it who had the letter from the Princess who was in danger and some COTH smarty pants got hold of it and was toying with her for awhile. Now, that was funny.
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I remember this thread - hilarious!
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I think it was included in the thread linked above.
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@shiloh I was mistaken. The TaTa Tatonga thread also contained a damsel in distress but she was “the daughter of a very wealthy cocao (sic) and gold merchant” whose father was attacked by “unknown assassins” in Abidjan. :yes:
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A true classic. Sure wish the Way Back Internet Machine still had BustedUp Cowgirl’s stuff. She could string along a scammer for MONTHS and have us laughing the entire time! :lol:
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@ChocoMare - I don’t recall BustedUp Cowgirl, so I poked around on Google a bit and found this link. Is this “scamming the scammer” the one you remember? It’s pretty amazing!
I believe that’s it!!! Reading thru is a scream! 
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Hey folks… next time, take the call in Russian! LOL
Ivan, Cousin To Boris, Fights Scammers, Too
Computer Repair, Connecticut, Instant Karma, Phone Scam, Silly, USA | Legal | July 10, 2020
I work in a small, one-man computer repair shop. I frequently get scam phone calls throughout the day, typically offering business loans and free cruises — the usual rubbish. One day, I get fed up with the scammers and decide to have a little fun.
I answer the phone in a thick Russian accent.
Me: “Hello! You are speaking to Ivan Yesnikov of Yesnikov Computers! How may I be of helping you today?”
Scammer: “Hi, I’m [Scammer] calling from the free cruise giveaway! You’ve won a free cruise!”
Me: “A ‘free cruise?’ Is of sounding good, but… how I win this cruise?”
Scammer: “Oh, you probably stayed at one of our many hotels over the past year and were entered into the contest.”
Me: “Ah, I am of understanding. But let me be of asking you something. What is name of company you calling from?”
Scammer: “This is the Five-Star Resort Company.”
Me: Suddenly enraged “‘Five-Star Resort Company’?! IS FRONT COMPANY FOR KGB!”
Scammer: Exasperated “Sir, we are not the KGB.”
Me: Still enraged “Is exactly what KGB would say! I know this name from when I in Siberia. I no let you send me back! Ludmila and I will be waiting for you!”
Scammer: Click
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I just checked my spam folder and found an email from " Mr.Salim Bin Mahmoud" who “represents the Libyan Government”. :yes:
They are “interested to invest up to 500M Euros in horse farms and sporting”. He is “looking for well meaning partners to work with” and says to, “kindly revert back for further details”.
My software disabled the link contained in the email so I won’t open it. I don’t have the energy to play with the “Libyan Government” right now. I’m surprised that they have time to phish, being as they have elections to plan for and a country to rebuild. 
Guess no one’s told them horse farms aren’t a great investment for countries trying to recover from a protracted civil war.
Interesting though where they are finding their targets. Not Facebook or You Tube or Twitter since I’m not a member. Not farm advertising. I no longer have a farm and when I did it was private and not commercial in any way.
It must be a horse related mailing list. USEF, COTH, Dover, or another one of the tack shops?
Revert back? To what? And the Libyan government. Please. Is that spelled N-i-g-e-r-i-a?
@ChocoMare - omg, I nearly wet myself I laughed so hard.
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I love to follow all the goodies from www.notalwaysright.com - Some leave me shaking my head, some with my jaw on the floor and some rolling laughing.
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it’s rather unlikely that the Libyan Government" is interested in “U.S. horse farms and sporting” at this juncture. Even less likely that they would want to invest in one that doesn’t exist.
I wonder if I’ll get more interesting requests in my spam file now that the “Libyan Government” has my email. Do con-artists sell their mailing lists?
Sure. They will buy your list and send you a money order for $5k over which you will send back to them.
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:lol::lol::lol:
I do wonder how they found me though. It’s strange because there are very few places that they could find my name that connects me with horses, “horse farms” or “horse Sport”.
As I mentioned above, I have no facebook, twitter,or instagram presence. I have no farm website. I have never bought or sold horses online.
They must be getting either USEF member lists? $25 bucks to join as a fan member may be worth it to them to get the names of members? Does USEF sell their membership list? or could the “Libyan Government” become COTH members and get names that way? My email should not be visible to the general public in either place. Do tack shops sell their mailing lists? That’s pretty much it, as far as anyone’s ability to find my connection to horses online.
They are obviously way off base to believe that I would welcome an invest of 500 million euros,especially from the “Libyan Government”. Honestly who in the hell (except someone who has been living in a cave for the last few decades) would be so stupid, but I’m curious about how they found me in the first place.
I get goofy emails, too. I think they just run a program that does every possible email address ever and then do a mass mailing. Somewhere out there skydz@whereever.com is getting an email about her horse farm. Or they hack stuff. Cyber crooks are always several steps ahead of us ordinary mortals.
And are you seriously not responding to this oh so fab opportunity? Why, you could be missing the chance at at Libyan prince or zillionaire them being all over the place there. (where is sarcastic font when I need it?)
I’m too tired to mess with them. Also, I would have to click on a link in their email that my anti-virus disabled, so probably not a good idea. 
