kcjenkins Posted March 25, 2013 Report Posted March 25, 2013 email I just received Barton, Allen G. <[email protected]> 9:03 PM (54 minutes ago) to undisclosed recipients Please write my Lawyer now i have WILL YOU $10,000,000.00 contact Via Email :[email protected] Quote
rfassett Posted March 25, 2013 Report Posted March 25, 2013 Yep - where need meets greed. I am dealing with an older couple now that responded to one of those phone / mail soliciations claiming a lottery winning. My client was out $190,000 before it came to my attention and we put the brakes to it. These clients are educated, have an adult son with brain cancer and saw the this as an answer to prayer. The $190,000 was their life savings and they are now relegated to living off social security for the remainder of their lives with no contigency funds. The $190,000 was sent over an 18 month period. Quote
Jack from Ohio Posted March 25, 2013 Report Posted March 25, 2013 Those phishing scams get a 7% response on average. Quote
kcjenkins Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Posted March 25, 2013 YEAH, but it's one thing to be taken by a "you won a prize" email. Dumb if you did not enter a contest, but at least tempting to believe. But this one I got does not even try to sell me some even slightly believable story. I'm supposed to believe some stranger just wants to will me $10 MILLION ?? Quote
RitaB Posted March 25, 2013 Report Posted March 25, 2013 The more I deal with people, the less things surprise me. I just had the following text message exchange with a person with a master's degree: Me: You can deduct the sales tax you paid on vehicle(s) purchased in 2012. She: Yea Me: You will have to tell me the amount of sales tax you paid. (Thinking: Since my crystal ball is in the shop.) She: k.......I guess per payment? I'll look online Me: It should be on the settlement statement or you could call the dealership. She: k Then she continued teaching children how to succeed in life. 1 Quote
JJStephens Posted March 25, 2013 Report Posted March 25, 2013 Just for fun I once created a new throw-away yahoo email account and responded to one of these. In my response I made up a lot of stuff that wasn't even in the original email. I had some fun with it for about a month stringing the guy along. I kept changing the story he was telling me. For example, he told me he was in London. In my reply I said that I was jealous that he got to live in Rome. He agreed that Rome was a wonderful place to live. It was hilarious--he agreed with everything I said. He couldn't even keep his own story straight. He kept begging me to 'do the right thing' and wire the money he needed so he could proceed with processing my inheritance. He finally became angry with me and accused me of trying to scam him! Told me I was keeping him from being able to feed his family. Needless to say, my sympathy lasted less than a nanosecond. 1 Quote
RitaB Posted March 25, 2013 Report Posted March 25, 2013 The more I deal with people, the less things surprise me. I just had the following text message exchange with a person with a master's degree: Me: You can deduct the sales tax you paid on vehicle(s) purchased in 2012. She: Yea Me: You will have to tell me the amount of sales tax you paid. (Thinking: Since my crystal ball is in the shop.) She: k.......I guess per payment? I'll look online Me: It should be on the settlement statement or you could call the dealership. She: k Then she continued teaching children how to succeed in life. This just in: She: $330.39 interest to CarMax for 2011 Camry in 2012! thx! Me: I need the sales tax, not the interest! Thanks! She: Oops. k. Quote
JohnH Posted March 25, 2013 Report Posted March 25, 2013 She: I don't think they charged sales tax on the interest. You: Ok, your right. Just forget I brought it up. 1 Quote
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