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Originally Posted by Tango589
I seem to be getting a lot of these sort of things recently, from relatives I didn't know i had, to US soldiers and high-ranking Nigerian officials, and my personal favourite so far, one from the Great Britain Lottery stating I had won £1,950,000 and that the EU and IMF where both in agreement that I should receive this life-changing sum of money!
Is anyone else being plagued by these or is it just me on AOL being singled out?
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If you are a senior citizen...you're in their target sites. Very difficult to catch. Scam is world-wide. Hundreds are reported every day in US. Usually need to be six figures before they are investigated.
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Originally Posted by Armistead
What's shocking is the amount of nuts that answer these things. Saw a story where a lady had sent more money to one of those nut tv preachers as a seed, then she got a miracle from Nigeria.....and ended up with her bank account empty.
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They "fish" for seniors preying on the ones with dementia or naive greed.