John, excuse me for putting the question out on the CRIME list. Some people did not respond the way you did and were very helpful. Some of us out here are learning and do not have the experience you do. I am sorry for "clogging" the CRIME list. I had also already acknowledged that I got the message it was a hoax and thanked everyone for their responses and hoped that would stop any further responses. Heidi -----Original Message----- From: John McHugh [mailto:jmchugh@private] Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 11:08 AM To: mcps@private Subject: Scam Heidi There is no reason to clog the crime list with this discussion. Were you to follow through, at some point you would be asked to put substantial assets of your own in that account "as a show of good faith" after which they would disappear. In some variations, you might be asked to come to Senegal, bringing the good faith monies, or something similar. This is a varient of an old con-artist scam often played against the elderly in which the con man "finds" a stack of money and offers to split it with the victim who is passing by. The victim puts up some money of his/her own to show good faith and is left holding a pile of currency sized newspaper cuttings, possibly with a bill on the top and bottom. They work when the greed of the victim gets the better of common sense. It helps if the victim is gullible. John McHugh
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