View Single Post
  #3  
Old 10-01-2005, 03:29 PM
QM3steve's Avatar
QM3steve QM3steve is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Central NY (Baseball Hall of Fame)
Posts: 1,012
Send a message via AIM to QM3steve
Distinctions
Contributor 
Default

These scams come in several different ways. "Phishing" is the term used for the use of bogus e-mails to get personal information. I ocassionally get one from someone who would like me to be a coorespondant for them in the United States. These are usually somewhat well written and from a person claiming to be from a third world country. Bogus emails can also be sent to the actual website. In other words, most legitimate organizations have a group that investigates these e-mails.
__________________
No one is completely useless. They can always be used as a bad example.
sendpm.gif Reply With Quote