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GARFIELDKOOL · 12-07-2005, 09:17 PM

I almost was a few weeks ago. I received a check in the mail paid to the order of me for $1900 and an attachment. Some company in Europe selected my name and others as the winners containing $275,000. What I would have to do is call the company in Europe to verify my winnings. The $1900 was the sub fee to claim the prize. The $1900 would come out of the $275,000. I was skeptical anyway. Who would give me something for nothing? I looked at the back of the check, there was no fine print or anything. The check looked pretty legit. I asked 3 different opinions, they said the check was real. I deposited the check in one of my accounts. The check cleared, but a few days later, I recieved a call about the check. I went to the branch and spoke to the manager, come to find out the check was bogus. I made a copy of the check and the attachment saying I "won" and showed it to the manager and I was off the hook. The bank manager told me I wasn't the only one this happened to. They had a few cases like that recently. And it's a good thing i didn't touch any of that money because I would have owed the bank and my account would have been blocked.

Moral: Don't fall for scams!

Munsters#1 · 12-07-2005, 10:54 PM

Don't reply to any email saying you have won such and such amount of money. It's always a scam! Never download any attachment that they put in their emails as well. You never know what sort of virus they may have sent you.

I get a ton of emails saying something like...

"My father has recently passed away. Before he died he was to give us $500,000,000 (American) cash to be put in our bank account. We need someone from the United States to deliver this money, and take 5% of it for themselves... blah... blah... blah..."

Never trust anything that looks like that. That has "scam" written all over it!

GARFIELDKOOL · 12-08-2005, 08:33 AM

This wasn't email, this was regular postal mail that I received this in.

Penny Lane · 12-08-2005, 11:12 AM

Twice someone has tried to scam me(they didn't). Just this past week I received a "notice" allegedly from Amazon.com that my bank had refused to let me pay for items on my credit card. They provided a link to amazon.com(a false link) to re-enter all of my personal info. ie; credit card number, password and stuff. But the first thing that I did was to email amazon.com and I forwarded the message. Amazon provides a way to inquire about scams and stuff. They wrote back right away and told me that this was a scam and not to submit anything to them. The same thing happened to me from someone asking for my Ebay information. This kept up until I changed my password. They say to change your password periodically to avoid these scams. If anything arrives in your email that looks suspicious look into it and DON'T give out any personal info! Most online services will never send stuff like that! SO BEWARE!

MsOrange · 12-09-2005, 01:49 PM

main thing to remember is that most buisnesses WILL NOT inqurie about personal information (credit card number, SSN, etc) through email... they will call or write. Never ever ever give info. like that out through email.

12-08-2005, 11:12 AM	#4
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,300	Twice someone has tried to scam me(they didn't). Just this past week I received a "notice" allegedly from Amazon.com that my bank had refused to let me pay for items on my credit card. They provided a link to amazon.com(a false link) to re-enter all of my personal info. ie; credit card number, password and stuff. But the first thing that I did was to email amazon.com and I forwarded the message. Amazon provides a way to inquire about scams and stuff. They wrote back right away and told me that this was a scam and not to submit anything to them. The same thing happened to me from someone asking for my Ebay information. This kept up until I changed my password. They say to change your password periodically to avoid these scams. If anything arrives in your email that looks suspicious look into it and DON'T give out any personal info! Most online services will never send stuff like that! SO BEWARE!
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12-07-2005, 09:17 PM	#1
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	Ever been the victim of a scam? I almost was a few weeks ago. I received a check in the mail paid to the order of me for $1900 and an attachment. Some company in Europe selected my name and others as the winners containing $275,000. What I would have to do is call the company in Europe to verify my winnings. The $1900 was the sub fee to claim the prize. The $1900 would come out of the $275,000. I was skeptical anyway. Who would give me something for nothing? I looked at the back of the check, there was no fine print or anything. The check looked pretty legit. I asked 3 different opinions, they said the check was real. I deposited the check in one of my accounts. The check cleared, but a few days later, I recieved a call about the check. I went to the branch and spoke to the manager, come to find out the check was bogus. I made a copy of the check and the attachment saying I "won" and showed it to the manager and I was off the hook. The bank manager told me I wasn't the only one this happened to. They had a few cases like that recently. And it's a good thing i didn't touch any of that money because I would have owed the bank and my account would have been blocked. Moral: Don't fall for scams!

12-07-2005, 10:54 PM	#2
Munsters#1 Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 29, 2004 Posts: 2,928	Don't reply to any email saying you have won such and such amount of money. It's always a scam! Never download any attachment that they put in their emails as well. You never know what sort of virus they may have sent you. I get a ton of emails saying something like... "My father has recently passed away. Before he died he was to give us $500,000,000 (American) cash to be put in our bank account. We need someone from the United States to deliver this money, and take 5% of it for themselves... blah... blah... blah..." Never trust anything that looks like that. That has "scam" written all over it!

12-08-2005, 08:33 AM	#3
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	This wasn't email, this was regular postal mail that I received this in.

12-09-2005, 01:49 PM	#5
MsOrange Bringin' Sexy Back Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 6,133	main thing to remember is that most buisnesses WILL NOT inqurie about personal information (credit card number, SSN, etc) through email... they will call or write. Never ever ever give info. like that out through email.