[Gllug] Scam

[Alain Williams]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 10:21:07AM +0000, t.clarke wrote:
> Hi,
> this is TOTALLY off-topic,  but at least more entertaining than the letter K !
> 
> Out of curiosity, does anyone know how this scam works ?

1) stupidity/greed on behalf of the recipient.

2) probably not enough info to scam a bank account, but it
   engages the punter in a conversation (see (1)) to elicit
   more info resulting in a loss by several means.

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