Comments on: A fool and his money are soon scammed out of it

A fool and his money are soon scammed out of it

mathowie — Sat, 10 Apr 2004 09:08:38 -0800

There's a lot of scammin', griftin', and chicanery going on in the world and Snopes has always been there, but they usually take some time to do their investigations. But for the quick hit, they've just launched a new daily scam page carrying just that day's latest scam news from around the country. It's really amazing how many major scams take place every day, and it helps to know how to spot a scam when you hear about it.

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Sat, 10 Apr 2004 09:43:34 -0800

"He was shouting at them 'You're an FBI agent and you're following me'. what happens when one scams.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:30:48 -0800

this is great, and really helpful...I wonder tho, if the people who usually get scammed will ever see it.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:58:59 -0800

Notice the keyword "scam" in every post. They must do an automatic search of local news feeds. Now they could classify, archive and search and create a whole new business model for data mining, police investigation, profiling. Track rates of certain types of scams by geography and time and issue "weather alerts" when certain ones reach a threshold.

By: terrymiles

terrymiles — Sat, 10 Apr 2004 13:54:49 -0800

Brilliant! I'll try some of these.....