What's the dumbest scam you've ever encountered?

Hello, this is John from Windows. Your computer has viruses. I will help you get rid of them.

I just got an email entitled Employment Opportunity from someone calling themselves Mr. Manager.

Mr. Manager sits at his desk and frustration, unable to find anyone to take his emails seriously.

I was once emailed that someone had put a hit out on me, and the only way to get the hit off was to pay the individual double.

I responded telling him to bring it on. He emailed me back saying it was a final warning.

That was four years ago, and I'm still waiting on you, mystery hitman.

I just got this in my spam folder.

Hi, honey, my name is Chelsea.

I'm a business lady.

Unfortunately, I spent most of my time working and have absolutely no time for my private life.

My colleagues at a coffee break gave me the site where I can find

a person with whom I can date without any obligations. I found your profile in Facebook and

consider you very attractive. I just need a nice guy to spend a few hot weekends with. Any

offers are welcomed and money is not an object. The big tell? I don't have Facebook.

My mum met a guy on a dating site, and within a couple of days, he started telling her how rich

he was, how many luxury cars he had, and how he had a mention, and that he wanted to take her

on a tour of the world, and give her everything she ever wanted.

And then he told her that his

daughter was in a dancing competition in Germany and broke her leg. And because he was in another

country on a job, he couldn't wire her the money for her medical bills, and they wouldn't send her

home until he did. So all my mum had to do was send a few thousand dollars to the address he specified,

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