Re: VERY URGENT
| From: | patl at Phoenix dot Volant dot ORG | Date: | Wed, 09 May 2001 06:46:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: VERY URGENT | ||
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On 8-May-01 at 18:50, Christian Dechery (lemming@vento.com.br) wrote:
> what in Gods name is that?
A pretty well known con. Usually it involves Angola; this
crew seems to have at least changed the names and made a
few of the other details less obvious. (They probably get
revealed later after the in-person or phone meeting.) Despite
what it says, they want your money, your account info, and
whatever other info they can get from you and translate into
money they shouldn't have. Identity theft wouldn't surprise
me at all...
Even if it were legitimate to the extent that events would
occur as outlined; and they weren't just trolling for your
account and other info; then you'd probably be guilty of
money laundering for going along with their scheme.
Check snopes.com - I'm pretty sure they have an entry for
this general fraud; and possibly even for this specific variant.
-Pat