all the above scams are bad enough but they are penny antie scams.
just recently i was asked by my mother to talk to a friend of hers who thought that she might of been a victum of a scam.
it seems that she was approached by email by some claiming to be a rich princess from some middle east country and she needed help getting her self and her wealth out of the country, what she need was fast ready cash so she could ship her art and other belongings and when she got them out she would reward her benifactors richly. "yeah can you believe that people fall for this stuff" well to make a long story short she ended up send over 12,000 dollars to these people. but thats not the end of it during this time she received a package shiped to her. it contained 40,000 in cash with a not and a list of names. the note said to send equal amounts of cash to the names on the list. so like a fool this lady who already gave $12,000 went to walmart and sent the
$40,000 to the people on the list.
i told her not only did she lose her 12,000 but that he might of unwittly taken part in a money laundry scam.
i dont thing she would be liable for any crimes but she is out 12,000 dollars.
i would not think id have to warn people about this kind of scam but she is living proof that there is a sucker born every minute.
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