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Did I just inherit 10 million dollars?

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Part 1-

So I assume most have you have received at some point, an email proclaiming that you've either been chosen to receive a large cash inheritance or you're an heir to a vast fortune of money from another country. At first glance you might think this is a miracle and this must be your lucky day. Then hopefully your senses kick in and you realize this is one of the thousands of email scams going around the Internet; most likely originating in Nigeria or the Ivory Coast.

The email asks you to give provide some very basic information which is then used to "bait" you in to thinking you may actually be able to get some money from some random person half around the world. Over the course of the past month I've been corresponding and pretending to be interested in receiving this fortune with a man in the Ivory Coast. Over the next couple of blog entries I'll detail what I've done and what I've been told. The detail and manipulation tactics that these would be criminals try to employ are very impressive and I can see why your average Joe might fall for these ploys that are too good to be true.

Posted by on July 3, 2007 12:12 PM |

Comments

The old inheritance scam is potentially one of the deadliest, responsible for an inordinate amount of identity theft. It plays of the greed factor--so many normal people yearning for a life-changing "windfall."

Con men everywhere are are really tuned into this natural weakness, and exploit it all the way.

--Jack Payne
www.sixhrs.com

Posted by: Jack Payne | July 26, 2007 12:15 AM

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