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Originally Posted by joniki
I watched a special on TV, don't remember 48 hours, 20/20, one of those.
I lady was scammed out of $50,000 here in the US and yes they do get ALOT of people sending in money.
It goes to show how desperate people are to have more money.
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In advertising and marketing they say that if you see an ad, headline or sales letter being repeated often--it works.
Unfortunately, the same goes for the scams. Untold amounts of people are taken for their hard earned money because of these things. I know of one local guy who got involved with one.
They sent him a check for $10K. I don't remember how his version of the scam worked but when he told his co-workers about it they warned him about what it was. The guy contacted the FBI and let them handle the details.