--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 4/1/06 2:38 PM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" > > <marwincornyarmand@> wrote: > >> > >> Don't answer. I have received mails and telephone calls that I have > >> won in lotteries from abroad. The Police is warning about this > >> stuff - the only thing they want is your bank account number - to > >> tap the account. > >> Ingegerd > >> > > Apparently word gets around. The last time I heard from similar > > scammers (the Nigerian one where they are trying to smuggle a fortune > > out of the country, and needed my help), it was sent to a 'spam > > catching' email address of mine, so I replied that I had reported them > > to Interpol. That was a couple of years ago, and haven't heard from > > them or anything similar since. > > My wife got one the other day from someone in the UK who claimed that they > weren't going to live long and wanted to donate $20,000 to the animal > shelter for which she works. Sounded legit, so she responded. They emailed > back and asked if they could send an extra $8000 which she would donate to a > wounded child, of which they included a photo. It took me about 2 minutes to > find the child in snopes.com. Totally different than the child he described, > but same photo. I think the way this works is, they send you the check and > you send off the $8000 right away, then after a while the check they sent > you bounces, so you're out $8000. >
Yeah, that's it...'cause they send you a "check" for $8,000 in your name along with an explanation that you need to send the $8,000 right away. Some -- not many -- will do that without waiting for the check to clear and then, of course, the check bounces. Since they're doing it hundreds of times, it only has to work a few times to make oodles of munchkins. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
