I have been scammed

Apparently, you are the only person on the planet who hasn't heard of a 419 scam.

't.cheat.an.honest.man&num=100

scam.http://ww.google.com/search?q=proverbs+A.fool.and.his.money.are.soon....http://ww.google.com/search?q=proverbs+You.can't.cheat.an.honest.man&...

I was wondering who'd bite. Think about it:

(1) The guy says he was a victim of a 419 scam. (2) Then he gets scammed by a bunch of people who are supposedly helping to fight 419 scams... a scam that should have raised a whole field of red flags to someone who JUST GOT SCAMMED THE SAME WAY. (3) He posts his sob story to a newsgroup that is openly hostile to ignorance, let alone stupidity... AND TO NO OTHERS, at least none that I can find in Google Groups.

This is some kind of sick joke, or a spammer hoping to get lots of email replies, or a 419 scammer trying to discredit that website, or has some motivation beyond my limited powers of comprehension. I wouldn't take it at face value. None of these explanations makes any sense except possibly the "sick joke".

course you are... why would u send money to someone you never heard of.

your bad construct and misuse of words would indicate that english is not your first language - which makes your assertion you are "on" a wheelchair or that you are a gulf-war veteran highly unlikely.

We can help. Send 8,000 USD to....

Why would they demand US dollars from someone in Spain? BTW, "the First Gulf War" was actually called DESERT STORM". Did you forget that? No real solider I've known could ever forget the proper name of the war where he was disabled, unless a bullet went though his brain.

WHOIS results for 84.127.211.196 Generated by

Location: Spain [City: ]

ARIN says that this IP belongs to RIPE; I'm looking it up there.

Using 1 day old cached answer (or, you can get fresh results). Hiding E-mail address (you can get results with the E-mail address).

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% Information related to '84.125.0.0 - 84.127.255.255'

inetnum: 84.125.0.0 - 84.127.255.255 netname: ES-ONO-20040415 descr: PROVIDER Local Registry country: ES admin-c: OIM1-RIPE tech-c: OIM1-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: ONO-MNT mnt-lower: ONO-MNT mnt-routes: ONO-MNT changed: ********@auna.es 20061122 source: RIPE

role: ONO IP MANAGER address: C/ Basauri, 5 address: Urbanizacion La Florida address: E-28023 Aravaca, Madrid address: SPAIN phone: +34911809300 fax-no: +34911809245 e-mail: *********@ono.es admin-c: OIM1-RIPE tech-c: OIM1-RIPE nic-hdl: OIM1-RIPE changed: ********@auna.es 20070302 source: RIPE

% Information related to '84.127.192.0/18AS6739'

route: 84.127.192.0/18 descr: Cableuropa - Ono descr: Ono network in whole Spain origin: AS6739 remarks: mail spam reports: *****@ono.com remarks: security incidents: ********@ono.com mnt-by: ONO-MNT changed: *********@ono.es 20070209 source: RIPE

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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

You should have gone to the conference:

or take the degree course...

Reality check. This guy is just throwing mud at AA419, hoping that people are dumb enough to believe him. Here is independent confirmation of who the bad guys really are:-

You can't always trust what you see on the internet. Basically, the people whose fraudulent activities get targetted are running a campaign of disinformation against AA419 by throwing mud. Thing is, AA419 will never ask you for money. That's not how they work. If you want to help try running the Lad Vampire or Muguito:-

Either tool will do the trick. Just leave them running when you're not using your PC.