[112578] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: A new twist in email scams?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Thompson)
Fri Mar 6 21:03:32 2009
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:03:24 -0800
From: Bill Thompson <Billt@Mahagonny.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 20:36:47 -0500
"Joe Blanchard" <jbfixurpc@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Sorry if I've missed some notes regarding this in previous threads,
> been off the air for a bit.
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> A new twist on scamming email?
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A) I don't think this really belongs on NANOG, but I don't want to
leave you hanging.
B) He is going to send you a check for over the amount of money you
agreed on and then ask you to wire the overage back to him minus a
small amount "For your trouble". Google "Overpayment Scam".
Good Luck,
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Bill Thompson
BillT@Mahagonny.com
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