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Originally Posted by Momma_K
Hope no one falls for this garbage, expecially our seniors!!
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I almost got taken by one of these last year only they were in London and they had be robbed. I was ready to help out when my youngest daughter called and I told her that dad's old sec. was in need of money. She said,STOP this is a scam stopped my DH at the bank from withdrawling $600 . So they go for smaller amounts too. I reported to the local police and then to the web site for reporting this type of scam. Since I had the person on the line I told them nice try but that they had been reported. And I asked them the question How do you live with yourselves? Keep a watchful eye. I would think that a family or friend in trouble would contact a family member who know that they are traveling.
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I have seen that someone else has also received this and not to tell anyone! Scary thing!! Glad you didn't get taken!!!
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It probably wouldn't hurt to contact the local new station consumer reporter and bring it to their attention.
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Originally Posted by amyjo
I have also been getting a lot of strange emails from ME to me. using my email address to send me kooky, kinky crap after I was on a site someone had posted here to go to see something and it turned out to be a place I didn't ever wanted to go to. so I have had issues with that for a while. Just everyone be on the lookout that since everyone the world over can see what we write on here that scams will come. Also I think some of us might be targeted for requests for help with fabric ( I am disabled and can't get out type or have no money please help or we are trying to help this organization with quilts can you help?). Have answered some of them and sent stuff and never heard another word back even saying thank you for your generosity in helping me or (whoever)!!! We know we are kindhearted people for the most part but we are starting to get a lot of the sleazy ones trying to pull something on here now.
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That happened to friends of mine a year ago.
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My daughter had this happen to her a few months ago - she was supposedly in London and needed money to get home. My husband also got a check for $24,000 from an outfit that said they were doing a survey of Western Union's customer service. They wanted him to deposit the check in his checking account, wire $19,000 to them, and keep the $500 left over. It's so sad to think that there are such awful people out there - and that really nice people get caught in these traps!
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My son's grandmother-in-law, she is 90 yrs old has received a similar phone call that he was in England and had had an accident and needed a certain amount of money sent right then so he could come home. Fortunately her daughter-in-law was finally able to get her to say why she needed to do this. Oh by the way she did withdraw the money and went to Wal-Mart to have the money sent. Then her daughter-in-law finally got the truth from her and they went back to Wal*Mart the next day and they were holding the money until Monday because they had heard of this type of scam. Unfortunately a year later she received another call and instructions to take the money to another money carrier and she talked her new maid, who did not speak or understand English well to take her and she lost about a thousand dollars. Her phone number has since been changed and I am hoping it will not happen again. She will be 91 in January and still lives on her own in her own home. No longer drives but otherwise does everything else on her own.
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What a scam, & how sad people have to resort to this kind of thing...........
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Scam. everyone be careful
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I just got this in my PM here!!!!!
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That exact thing happened to a friend of mines, 76 yr old mother. They got into her contacts, and mailed to all of them this same thing............the sad part is 5 of her friends mailed the $3000 to that email.
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I replied to an email about receiving a package because I was expecting one. I realized it was "off" as soon as I got there. I'm rather surprised at me that I opened it in the first place!
Originally Posted by toomanycats
I have received several of those type of messages. Plus, the ones from UPS saying you have a package ( I actually was expecting one but did not open this) and the latest being from facebook. you were to go to your facebook page and do something....I do not even belong now or never will belong to facebook....then there are the phone scams... it is getting to the point can't trust anyone........ X Files anyone?
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On a different, serious note, I received child porn in my email. I called the FBI (I first called locally, and to my ISP, and was told that is where I should call.) and got the run-around. They did not take me seriously. I was forwarded through several voice-mail links, etc. I finally gave up after spending about six hours trying to reach someone.
I marked the sender as "spam" and did not get any more of it, but it really upset me that I was trying to help and was not taken seriously. Especially since I've read articles about "ordinary" people helping bust big porn rings. |
Again? this is a new scam, I don't open anything that I don't know, but theres always a first time. Thank you I'll beware.
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Originally Posted by LindaM49
A couple of months ago my husband got an email...he uses my email address here at home for important things...not his addy at work. It was from our mortgage lender/Chase bank telling him that as of a certain date he would not longer have access to his online account to either make payments or look at it. It had the official Chase logo etc. but there was just something about it I didn't like. So...he called Chase and they said it's a scam...do NOT reply to it at all...not even to tell them to go jump off a bridge...lol. Anyway...the next month came and went and he still had access to the account. A couple of weeks ago I got the same exact email from the same person. Funny thing is...we refinanced our mortgage so it is no longer with Chase.
I'm a member of several candlemaking/soaping boards and just about everyday someone posts email scams they receive...mostly giving them a long story about receiving products that were broken and want them replaced. Most of them delete the emails OR request that the package be returned to them with the receipt so they can inspect it. Of course they never hear another word from them. Too many people with too much time on their hands that they can sit around and think up this stuff. |
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I have my own email address in my contact list so if someone sends scams to everyone on my list I also get the scam. It happened once so I emailed everyone right away to disregard the email.
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Wise move Amyjo!
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I got one this morning from the husband of a friend. He said they were mugged in London, all money and credit cards taken, everything but their passports, and could I help out with any amount of money. They must have gotten back very quickly LOL -- a mutual friend saw them last night. She also received the scam email and notified our friends today that they should look into this.
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