Attempted scam?
I do believe someone from halfway around the world has tried to scam this reporter. I could be mistaken, but when someone asks you to "please send your Account number and name of your bank," that's a red flag. If that's the case, they've really gone to an effort to scam me.It started with a very poorly written e-mail from someone claiming to be the father-in-law of a guy I wrote about. He was ultimately convicted of criminal charges and made some news for himself during the court process. The e-mail seemed legitimate enough, so I sent back a short response (from my new "office" known as Starbucks, incidentally). Well, I just checked my work e-mail and had a response.
I'm still not sure if it's just a language barrier, of if it really is a scam. If it is, that will be a new one for me. Sure, I've been yelled at, cussed at, targeted for hate mail, etc, but personally scammed? Nope.
Posted by Layla at 12:27 AM, April 23, 2006
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