Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 07:24:23 +0100 From: "Mark the Shiny Badger!" <mark@wellgroomedbadger.co.uk> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, "fallous" <fallous@warped.com>, "Jonathan Hilgeman" <JHilgeman@ecx.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PRIVATE MESSAGE Message-ID: <03e601c13765$d7f29b30$0200a8c0@mark2> References: <004c01c13765$26f99540$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> > Unfortunately these spams are becoming more and more common because > unbelievably some idiots have actually fallen for them. The scam is > simple, the scammer claims that they have money tied up in some > foreign country and they need your bank account number to free it up. > They always pick some country that has a fucked up banking system. > Then as soon as they get your bank account number they transfer all > your funds to their account and close it. It's impossible to get the > money back because the scammers bribe the police in the country that > the money is transferred to and the international banks are basically > powerless to do anything about it. It's really hard to believe anyone would fall for something like this.....I guess there's no accounting for the things people will do to get money for nothing. Regards, Mark -- Mark Hughes - DVD & Film Content Manager, Technical Officer Digital Spy Ltd http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ Your number one source for digital media and entertainment news! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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