Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]People who get taken by this deserve it - its naked greed. Cheers Jayanand On 3/21/07, Rob McClure <rmcclure2@woh.rr.com> wrote: > > Jim, > > One of our bank's customers just got taken in a Nigerian scam. Thought > they were getting a $30000 Bimmer for $9000. Duh! Daily we have > customers trying to deposit lottery "winnings" checks from contests > they never entered. Always a scam but they think somehow they have hit > it big. Customers are giving out their debit card numbers and PINS > like crazy after receiving fake emails from banks and paypal. > > I have never seen anything like this wholesale thievery (and consumer > foolishness given all the publicity of these scams) in 30 years in > banking. > > Rob McClure > > > On Mar 20, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Jim Shulman wrote: > > > This sort of scam is becoming quite frequent with high-dollar items. > > I've > > seen it regularly with expensive restored antique cars. Most often, > > the > > bidding will start (with no reserve) at something silly, like $10. > > There > > will be a notice in the description that there's a "buy it now" price > > at a > > well-below-market rate, but only if you contact the seller though a > > separate > > e-mail address. > > > > Bottom line: if it's too good to be true, that's exactly right. > > > > Jim Shulman > > Bryn Mawr, PA > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >