Some of the best scams that you get are the ones that pretend to come from friends of yours, because you can just say anything you want, because a scammer has no idea about your relationship with that person. James Veitch Read Quote
I just feel so upset when I think of all the lost years when I could have been doing stand-up gigs. James Veitch Read Quote
I had an awkward moment when I got a phone call from the person pretending to be Winnie Mandela. ‘Winnie’ sounded about 12 years old, unfortunately – she’d probably been pushed to the telephone because she was the only one who spoke English. James Veitch Read Quote
I’ve sent thousands of emails – the conversations in the book are just the success stories. James Veitch Read Quote
Most scams are absurd – so absurd that one wonders how anyone falls for them at all; yet if no one falls for them, how do the scammers make money? James Veitch Read Quote
The marooned friend is one of the best-known scams, principally because it’s the one that dodges the spam filter most often. It comes from someone you know but often only tangentially. It’s since become – hands down – one of my favourite scams. James Veitch Read Quote
I went to see my mother the other day, and she told me this story that I’d completely forgotten about how, when we were driving together, she would pull the car over, and by the time she had gotten out of the car, and gone around the car to let me out of the car, I would have already gotten out of the car and pretended to have died. James Veitch Read Quote
I’d really like to be able to whistle with two fingers. Is this a biological thing? Is it to do with the teeth? Who teaches people to do this? How do I learn? James Veitch Read Quote
A lot of people see scammers as, like, just one guy in a basement with his computer, but actually, I think it’s probably almost kind of a call centre. James Veitch Read Quote
