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Old 11-26-2010, 11:34 AM
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I know of one person this happened to and it was very similar except the email message went out to everyone in his AOL address book. Someone had been able to hack into the AOL address book somehow. Naturally, people knew the friend was not in Spain as the email said and callled him immediately to find out what the scoop was. He then contacted AOL and got a new account right away - and sent another message to all on his mail group explaining it was a hoax.

Quite a few scams going on around here like the "You have won a $2,500 prize and here is a $5,000 check. Deposit it in your bank account and send us $2000, keeping the rest as your prize and effort." Naturally, the $5,000 check is a bogus one, you have Western Unioned $2,000 to the bad guys and your bank charges your account for the $5,000. Costly error on your part.

The Grandchild scam is another one going around when you get a phone call from someone who says, "Hi Grandma (or Grandpa). You say, "Billy, is that you?" They say yes and that they need money sent to an address right away and not to tell Mom or Dad. Naturally, it is not Billy at all but lots of seniors are just too anxious to help without using common sense.

The Daily Sun puts reminders in the paper about common scams going around.