On Sunday, May 22, 2005, 10:19:39 AM, Bookworm wrote: > However, here's the chuckle part. It's a quote from a NY Times article.
> "But apparently even the swindlers have sometimes been stung. "We accept > Western Union Money Transfer as the only payment method due to some > reasons from our past experiences," the fraudulent message says. "Credit > card is not acceptable, please." " Western Union is abused by scammers. The scammers often illegitimately ask for a private number that's issued by Western Union so that the bad guys can get their money without providing any identification at the receiving end. If you use Western Union, NEVER give out the private number they give you. That's only for your own use. Without the private number the bad guys must provide identification to Western Union in order to get the money. Presumably the bad guys like to avoid that so they ask for the private number as part of their scam. Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.surbl.org/
