Probable Scam

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Re: Probable Scam

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Jon.M wrote:I've had several emails recently from an elderly childless widowed lady. She's a born again Christian and was married to the Ivory Coast's ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
She doesn't want the millions her husband accumulated to go to her godless relatives and wants me to arrange for the money to go to a good church based charity.

The story is really quite inventive and I enjoyed it a lot.
Haha :) Have a look at http://www.419eater.com/

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Re: Probable Scam

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J0hn wrote:Isn't that called 'laundering'?
Oh yes. Don't worry, he did report it to the police and he now has a new bank account. I don't know if the police were able to do anything about the launderers.

I thought it was interesting, as you imagine that these things are all about stealing your money after getting access to your account, but this was more subtle.

Jon

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Re: Probable Scam

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I wonder what would have happened if he had withdrawn their money. A visit to his door from Smersh methinks!
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