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(Message started by: barbee on Oct 8^th, 2002, 10:24pm)

Title: SCAM!!!
Post by barbee on Oct 8^th, 2002, 10:24pm

We are being invaded by Con Men. I received a message today addressed to Barbee, and this is the only place I use that name.

The E-letter sender said he was some official in an African bank, and had discovered a bank account that no one knew about, and needed someone here to deposit it for him. All he wanted was personal info from me, and my bank, account number, etc.

Hey, we have headaches, but we're not stupid!

Title: Re: SCAM!!!
Post by Charlie on Oct 8^th, 2002, 11:34pm

You're right about the scam. It's been around for a long time. I believe they caught up with some of the originators of this thing. It won't go away though. It's like the 5 cent email tax.

Your email is the same one that I get a couple times a month. You gotta wonder why people go for it.

Charlie

Title: Re: SCAM!!!
Post by LTBullitt on Oct 9^th, 2002, 4:06am

Sounds alot like the Nigerian Fee scam. People actually died from that baby.

Title: Re: SCAM!!!
Post by dougW on Oct 9^th, 2002, 8:33am

I got that one a while back.

It's a scam ? ? ?

Damn.
Damn.
Damn. ;D

Doug

Title: Re: SCAM!!!
Post by Charlie on Oct 9^th, 2002, 6:26pm

Got a friend waiting in the bank over there, Do you?Come to think of it, not a bad way to get rid of your in-laws for awhile :D

Charlie 8)

Title: Re: SCAM!!!
Post by LauraLo on Oct 10^th, 2002, 1:18am

I don't want to wake ghosts, but this is not good! I work in a bank in South Africa, and yeah definately scam, be careful everybody. But fine, I tend to be over cautious and have been accussed of jumping to conclussions before, but coincidence that this happened at same time as the con artist with the mouth gaurds and massage tools appear?

Title: Re: SCAM!!!
Post by Lapsi_Harmaahapsi on Oct 10^th, 2002, 3:37pm

I've replied to 2 (snipped the details) and told them to send me the money, but they never wrote me back. :-[

Title: Re: SCAM!!!
Post by Starfire3 on Oct 10^th, 2002, 3:44pm

I've seen this scam.

I also got an email from somebody pretending to be a lawyer in England. Unclaimed money or somesuch. Seems he needed some of my $$ to shake the other money free. Ain't that something?