Comments on: 516 – Delayed Questification: 03

By: Lena

Lena — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:35:41 +0000

No worries Tim. It was only information. Certainly wasn’t a demand on anyone. I will say that Gravatar has been around a while and is a pretty mature system. I haven’t seen any evidence of them doing anything “bad”. I think the little monsters are cool anyway. It’s always a good idea to be suspect on the internet.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:06:58 +0000

According to a story a couple years ago (http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90781/90877/6220701.html) there are 100 brand new Internet users every minute … and that’s just in China. Or there were at the time of publication. So, yeah, there’s a never-ending stream of n00bs plugging into the ‘net on a regular basis who have no practical experience in dealing with online scammers. And the scammers only really need a small fraction of them to take the bait for it to be profitable.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:06:10 +0000

Kevin, you are an artist. And I’m not talking about the comic. Though the comic is great as usual. I nailed it with the old school orc comment few days back. Yay.

Lena: I read the Gravatar thing but I just don’t like signing up for anything on line that I don’t know exactly, EXACTLY, where my information is going. And they were too vague for me. Plus I just don’t know what kind of pic I’d put as my avatar anyway…

By: Vosla

Vosla — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:06:23 +0000

Did a similar thing but at the point where I was asking for travelling money because I was fresh out of spare cash, the spammer cut the conversation and instead sent me a virus. Ha Ha Ha!

I wonder because this scheme is one of the oldest scams out there in the internet – how many people actually still fall for this shit?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:28:19 +0000

Yes, that would be exactly what happened.

As long as you continue to talk to them, they think there is still a chance at them getting your money.

By: Marduk

Marduk — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:01:51 +0000

So you sent her a mail acting like a drugdealing pimp and she still replied 2 more times???

You should do this more often cuz its hilarious

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:58:47 +0000

Having absolutely no experience with controlled substances, I’m curious. How much would $4.5 million actually buy? Are we talking tons here? I’m concerned that poor Becky might not be able to get that much weed through customs, get arrested and sent back to be poisoned by her uncle!

By: Kevin Pettway

Kevin Pettway — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:13:03 +0000

Do they grow Chicago Green in West Africa?

By: Byron

Byron — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:06:36 +0000

$4.5 million for weed… Must be Chicago Green or Acapulco Gold. Good shit… and with $4.5 million in weed, we’d be set for life or at least we wouldn’t care about anything else…

I’ll bring the matches and papers…

Love the background action, very cool!

By: EcchiKitty

EcchiKitty — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:50:28 +0000

That doesn’t always work…. had a DM who tried things like that. We knew better.

“Hrmmm….. okay, checking for secret passages here, there, and there…. nothing? Okay, I’m summoning Claws of the Umber Hulk, using my Ring of Strength, and having the cleric bless my claws, then digging thru the wall, right here.”
“…………erm….. okay…… damn….. why right there?”
“Because the map shows a big blank spot right there. You *never* leave a blank spot, it’s always filled up with a hidden room or some crap.”