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Another scam email - 07-06-2009, 06:38 AM


Has anyone else gotten an email from the lady in Paris? Originally from Texas, coming home this summer, wants photos of kid and new pit bull. Would be interesting to know WHERE in Texas, or has she been gone so long she doesn't remember???????

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07-06-2009, 10:13 AM


I haven't seen that... lol.... I get a couple emails like that a month though, and the wording is always the same... it's like they have a 'dummies book for scammers' or something.,.. lol... copy and paste, and you'll get money from stupid Americans.

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I haven't seen that... lol.... I get a couple emails like that a month though, and the wording is always the same... it's like they have a 'dummies book for scammers' or something.,.. lol... copy and paste, and you'll get money from stupid Americans.

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07-06-2009, 03:49 PM


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Has anyone else gotten an email from the lady in Paris? Originally from Texas, coming home this summer, wants photos of kid and new pit bull. Would be interesting to know WHERE in Texas, or has she been gone so long she doesn't remember???????

Why would you come back to a Texas summer?!

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07-07-2009, 08:00 PM


Tom, you shouldn't be letting your secrets out!! And Justin, yeah, why indeed would they come back in the summer, especially THIS summer. Donna, I'm glad I only get one once in a while and not as many as you get!

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How can anyone fall for something like this? And if no on falls for it, why would people keep sending them out?

It takes all kinds I guess.

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I'm sure there are some who would fall for it. Otherwise scammers wouldn't scam, right?

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How can anyone fall for something like this? And if no on falls for it, why would people keep sending them out?

It takes all kinds I guess.
email is free, and eventually some old lady with too kind of a heart and no sense falls for it.
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