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Can someone 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 14:47 GMT

point me towards the right place to buy fraudulent credit cards? I need some xmas shopping

If they fall for it 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 14:48 GMT

the lardy burger munchers deserve to be fleeced! Maybe then they'll buy less burgers and suffer less from McDonalds forcing them to be fat!

So many shmucks... 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 14:50 GMT

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so little time.

Er... 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 15:05 GMT

Jobs Halo

Surely that should be "Filet o' phish" with one ell?

Need a pretentious tosser icon....ah, that'll do.

Fillet O'Phish 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 15:18 GMT

Go

Awesome. Truly awesome.

@AC 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 15:21 GMT

Go

>Can someone point me towards the right place to buy fraudulent credit cards? I need some xmas shopping

Look for "Verified by Visa" and help yourself.

@TeeCee 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 15:47 GMT

Literal lol.

But surely people just aren't that stupid ? 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 15:50 GMT

Oh, wait, hang on, sorry. My bad.

Serves 'em right 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 15:53 GMT

Flame

Serves the stupid twats right.

If anyone still insists on supplying their banking details even despite being repeatedly told not to, let them stand as a warning to others.

$75 for a survey 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 15:57 GMT

We'd never pay that much for one of ours - think best you get is a tenner and that's if you give up like two hours of life for our pointless queries - how to spot a scam from a mile off :D

Posting AC incase anyone at work sees this :D

@Alan Fisher 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 15:57 GMT

Flame

Umm yes... Certainly people deserve to have their life savings wiped out and/or the hassle of identity theft because they enjoy an occasional Mickey D's burger and possibly are a few pounds overweight. Good reasoning there.

(untitled) 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 15:58 GMT

I know it is wrong, but a part of me thinks that anyone stupid enough to pass over their credit card details to someone who says they want to give them money, rather than take it, deserves all they get.

I know, the rest of us should protect those less fortunate in the intelligence department. I feel suitably ashamed.

@AC 14:47 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 16:28 GMT

Coat

I found a site that offered to supply stolen details at $40 per 100. I arranged to buy 10,000 and paid the money; but am still waiting for the items. Looks like I've been conned

You can't trust anybody these days

Hint: What did P.T. Barnum say was "born every minute"?

It's true what they say.... 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 16:29 GMT

Joke

no such thing as a free lunch!!

Brilliant! 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 16:38 GMT

"Fillet O'Phish" -- you, sir, are brilliant.

Just that. Cheers!

-dZ.

what's the old saying? 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 17:48 GMT

Pirate

A Phool and his money are soon parted?

sentiments echoing Sean Foreman, and AC@16:28

Why do I get the feeling... 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 18:26 GMT

... that this article was written for the sole purpose of the Fillet O'Phish pun.

Filet O' Phish? 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 18:31 GMT

Happy

Just tell them to burger off, then.

Free Burgers! 

Posted Monday 1st December 2008 19:23 GMT

If I hadn't already given all my banking info to a good hearted, god fearing woman from Nigeria who promised me part of her cocoa fortune, then i would gladly pay you Tuesday, for the hamburger i eat today.

Well burger me! 

Posted Tuesday 2nd December 2008 03:51 GMT

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This is Darwin's law of natural selection at work.

Further proof that there are no invisible sky daddies*

* apart from the FSM of course!

Find these bastards, and... 

Posted Tuesday 2nd December 2008 04:55 GMT

Pirate

Ch-Click...HOCK! OOOORRRRRAAAAAYYYYYY!!!

@ac 16:28 

Posted Tuesday 2nd December 2008 07:24 GMT

Joke

The thought has occured to me, how do people pay for these lists. With stolen credit cards???

Using stolen credit cards to buy more stolen cards....

oh come on @AC 15:57 

Posted Tuesday 2nd December 2008 09:07 GMT

you don't fall for this kind of scam...not in today's world where people SHOULD be so cautious and aware of anything sent to their email address.....

scams rely on exploiting people's cupidity and greed so someone who falls for this scam is blinded by their greed, stands to reason

Please contribute 

Posted Tuesday 2nd December 2008 10:36 GMT

Esteemed Sirs

For anyone who is wishing to help to fight these nefarious criminals, please send me your banking details and how much you would like to contribute.

You can contact me at my email lawyerlmoolah@lagos.com

Signed Lawyer Loadza Moolah

Institute for Internet Safety.

RE: Er... 

Posted Tuesday 2nd December 2008 10:42 GMT

@TeeCee: "Surely that should be "Filet o' phish" with one ell?"

Not according to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillet_(cut)

@ DutchOven 

Posted Tuesday 2nd December 2008 15:29 GMT

Joke

Oh Dear...

Citing shitipedia will get you mocked.

Try a more reliable source (any other!)

Courtesy of dictionary.com;

filet

noun

1. a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef [syn: fillet]

2. a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish [syn: fillet]

3. lace having a square mesh

verb

1. decorate with a lace of geometric designs [syn: fillet]

2. cut into filets; "filet the fish" [syn: fillet]

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

And the last word to McD's, direct from their site

"Filet-o-Fish"

I mock thee, wikifool.

Pointless pedantry 

Posted Tuesday 2nd December 2008 23:36 GMT

Stop

Obama isn't president-elect. At moment, he's nothing more than a senator who won a popcon. A president-elect is somebody chosen by the electoral college and yet to be sworn in. That is all.

Shoorlee Shome Mishtake 

Posted Wednesday 3rd December 2008 11:18 GMT

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are not the wordsh "shurvey" and "shcam" shomewhat shooperfloo-ush in that title? It shood read, "MacDonaldsh ish Shuper shized Fraud" I shushpect. Then you can replace "fraud" with "shcam" and get a marveloush peesh of illiterashun.

Ah well, I thought it wash funny, much like the commentsh by TeeCee, Nic Brough and Chris G. Good work chapsh... keep it up.

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