Lately I’ve been getting more spam for internet gambling, promising that just for signing up I’ll get $2400 free. If there was any doubt in my mind that many internet gambling operations are completely fraudulent, this has removed it. Assuming for the sake of argument that such an operation was legitimate, if it had so much as a 5% payout, everyone would be signing up, gambling their “free” $2400, having them mail a check for the $120 or so in winnings, and dropping their account.
I almost feel sorry for the pathetic slobs that get taken in by these scams, but anyone dumb enough to send money to a gambling operation in a foreign country with no legal oversight and no possible legal recourse basically
deserves to lose the money.