OAP loses £16,000 in e-mail scam

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bradavon
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OAP loses £16,000 in e-mail scam

Post by bradavon »

OMG some people are just scum :evil: -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7141074.stm

I guess she thought it was for fees???
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gasteropod
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Post by gasteropod »

I don't understand what she was paying for lol
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bradavon
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Post by bradavon »

Neither do I but she is in her 80s and the elderly are easy targets. Many OAPs think everyone is nice and honest.
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Lourdes
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Post by Lourdes »

Have neither of you heard of 419 scams?
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bradavon
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Post by bradavon »

I hadn't up until I looked it up. Why 419?
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