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The classic internet scam involving the wife\/financial Inside were what appeared to be 9 US Postal Money Orders Of course, our son barely had enough in the bank to Of course, they are counterfeit. He is probably lucky We say that only because he waited until after he had So how did they get his data stolen? Where did they Of course, one has to question the judgment of criminals The ad on Craig’s List did get our son a job, but it The classic internet scam involving the wife\/financial advisor\/secretary of the Minister of Finance of Nigeria\/Kenya\/Uganda, who needs access to a foreign bank account to tidy up the funds.The continued variations on this scam must mean it’s sucking in somebody, although … Continue reading
\n advisor\/secretary of the Minister of Finance of Nigeria\/Kenya\/Uganda,
\n who needs access to a foreign bank account to tidy up the funds.The continued
\n variations on this scam must mean it’s sucking in somebody<\/em>,
\n although its hard to avoid asking oneself "Why would a government minister
\n in Africa want to give ME millions of dollars?"<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/\ngabebaldd.jpg\")
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\n new wrinkle on this scam recently hit home. Our
\n 22-year-old
\n son<\/a>, who was out of work and looking for a job at the time,
\n received a US Mail Express Mail envelope from California printed with,
\n in large letters, "Extremely Urgent – please rush to addressee" and bearing
\n $14.40 in postage. This was clearly not conventional spam.<\/p>\n
\n for $950 each. He also got emails which followed the familiar pattern,
\n money in Africa, need to get it out, need help, God led us to you. He
\n was supposed to send 90% and keep 10%. <\/p>\n
\n pay the rent, he was foraging daily in our frig, so he couldn’t send
\n them anything. Their emails, dripping in "Praise Gods!" and "Glory
\n to the Lords" and other evangelical balderdash, started asking for 50%,
\n 30%, anything. Meanwhile, bereft of funding, our son decided to try cashing
\n a few of them.<\/p>\n
\n he decided to deposit them in his bank account. If he had tried
\n to go into some "Checks Cashed" storefront he probably would have been
\n held a gunpoint until the police arrived. As it was, he was given a good
\n talking to and charged fees as though he had deposited bad checks. They
\n closed his account, but opened him another one. The schmuck.<\/p>\n
\n deposited the first batch to tell his dear old Dad what he was up to.
\n One of the rare occasions on which our experience and knowledge of scams
\n could have aided a loved one, and it went by the wayside.<\/p>\n
\n get his info to start the scam? Turns out a week before we had posted
\n his Resume on Craig’s List, and it had included his address and email
\n (not phone). That’s all they needed.<\/p>\n
\n who try to rob people who have no jobs, who in our experience
\n usually have no money, but they must have gotten enough suckers to send
\n them enough money to make it a worthwhile scam,The money orders were
\n certainly realistic enough, although the numbers must be fake. <\/p>\n
\n also got him into trouble and cost him money. Caveat
\n emptor.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"