Jamyn wrote:
>
> The email is basically a scam I've seen before, translated to French (for
> 'confidentiality reasons' they say.. *cough*Avoiding US Feds*cough*)
>
> There is another similar email written in english, circulating around the
> web as well. Only the names, places, and dollar amounts are different in
> that version; the rest of it is pretty much verbatim. Basically, they say
> they have $30 Million that they'd like to wire into your account, because
> they 'need your help to move the money from Canada to here due to some
> unfortunate mishaps'. If you're interested, just fax them :
>
> 1) your telephone/fax #
> 2) your address
>
> If you take the time to respond, they'll ask you for a bank account number
> to transfer the money into. Finally, if they get that far with you, they'll
> request co-ownership of your account ("if I can trust you enough to wire
> $30M USD into your account, you can trust me enough to be co-owner of your
> bank account.."
>
> Obviously if they get that far with you, they can visit the nearest bank
> branch, and since they've become co-owner of your account, they will proceed
> to clean it out completely. Short version: This is a scam.
I hope nobody thinks I was taken in by it -- Robin's commentary would
have been funnier if it had any contextual reference to the scam e-mail,
though.
It is sad that there are people who would fall for this, though.
Aesop said it best -- "A fool and his money are soon parted."
-Stephen-
