Thursday, February 05, 2009

MIA Marine's Name Used in Email Scam


January 30, 2009Military.com|by Bryant Jordan
The latest version of a longtime Internet scam has taken a serious turn to the distasteful.

For at least 10 years pretty much anyone with an email address has been subjected to desperate pleas from some official -- usually claiming to be from an African nation -- trying to move millions of dollars out of the country but in need of "a partner" to make it happen. And the recipient of the email is asked to be the trusted partner to make it possible by supplying bank account information -- for which, in return, the recipient gets a significant share of the money.
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