FRAUD Alert

Apparently, there are still some US soldiers in Iraq. I even got an email from one yesterday. Apparently, he needs my assistance (meaning my routing # and account #) in getting a sizable hunk of Saddam Hussein's massive hidden fortune out of Iraq


support our troops!

Amen Treegirl.Couldn't agree more.

Dam!I thought I was the only one.lol.

I agree.No need for name calling.Isn't it amazing how educated people can still be so arrogant and uncaring about other people.You can't learn something if your not taught it.

That email fooled me and I'm internet savvy. I didn't click the link but I did go and ensure my Chase card was still active. My Chase card is reserved for vendors of questionable repute and just the day before I got the Chase email I got from fraud alerts on my Capitalone card. The Capitalone fraud alert emails seem kind of hokey but they are legit.

The primary key to avoiding these types of scams is to NEVER, EVER click on links in the email.

Use your bookmarks to go to your bank, credit card, etc to verify anything questionable.

NEVER click the link inside the email.

It is pretty amazing how people still fall for these things.
One of my mothers friends sent $7500 to a P.O. box last year after she was informed that she had won a lottery prize in Ireland, but had to pay the taxes before she got it. Another paid almost $2,000 for chimney repairs after a guy showed up and said he'd been sent by her church to do a free cleaning. He discovered a crack and advised her not to use her heat or stove until it could be fixed. Luckily, his next days job had canceled so he was available to fix it for her. He took $2,000 for parts and was never heard from again.
People may not be stupid, but they sure do dumb things.
My sister got caught up in a scam involving sports betting a couple of years ago. I wrote about it here at the time.

Again... clueless people. They are the fuel for these scams to continue. DON'T GIVE OUT INFORMATION TO PEOPLE UNLESS YOU CALL THE BANK. You don't have to be computer savoy to know that.

Are you friggin kidding me? So you and I have to split the $392,870,000??

I can arrange for you to get the whole amount.
Just send me $5,000 for paperwork and I will notify you when the transaction has been approved.