Indian police arrest man accused of running fake embassy
www.theguardian.com
Suspect allegedly claimed to be adviser or ambassador for entities including ‘Seborga’ or ‘Westarctica’
  • frippa@lemmy.ml
    2·
    19 hours ago

    Actually Seborga isn’t a made up place, 😡 it’s a self declared independent town in Italy

  • jqubed@lemmy.world
    18·
    2 days ago

    Suspect allegedly claimed to be adviser or ambassador to made-up places such as ‘Seborga’ or ‘Westarctica’

    This was obviously a bad thing he did because he was taking people’s money on the premise that they would be able to get work in a foreign country, but at a certain level you have to be impressed by the sheer audacity of the scam!

    • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
      51·
      2 days ago

      Like those are very fake sounding names, I am continually surprised by how easily tricked some people are.

      • Zetta@mander.xyz
        1·
        18 hours ago

        I always say most people are fucking morons, and unfortunately, it’s the truth. Obviously, in some cases, potentially like this, it’s not somebody’s fault, maybe from lack of education, but the reality is still true. People are fucking not smart.

      • jqubed@lemmy.world
        2·
        22 hours ago

        Maybe they make more sense in whatever the local language is, although Westarctica seems pretty blatant. Under the right circumstances I probably wouldn’t question it if someone told me Seborga was a province in Sokovia or something like that. I wouldn’t think I could get a job there, though.

  • B-TR3E@feddit.org
    3·
    2 days ago

    Fake embassies of places like “Westarctica” or “Seborga” - far out! Law enforcement, of course, can’t take a joke no matter where in the world.

    B-TR3E
    Official diplomatic representant of the Thinking Forest on Sol III