Believe it or not, there are people who think that someone really does want to give them $20 million, even though the email that notified them of it was sent to “undisclosed recipients”. All it takes, apparently, is for the sender to personalize the message.
Janella Spears of Sweet Home says she simply became curious when she received an e-mail promising her $20.5 million if she would only help out a long-lost relative identified as J.B. Spears with a little money up front.
Spears told KATU-TV about the scammers’ ability to identify her relative by name was persuasive.
“That’s what got me to believe it,” She said. “So, why wouldn’t you send over $100?”
Spears, who is a nursing administrator and CPR teacher, said she mortgaged the house and took a lien out on the family car, and ran through her husband’s retirement account.
“The retirement he was dreaming of — cruising and going around and seeing America — is pretty much gone for him right now,” she said.
She estimates it will take two years to clear the debt that accumulated in the more than two years she spent sending money to con artists. [continue reading]
Perhaps it would be wise to remind people about email scam spam here.
Beware of emails announcing that you have won or are eligible for some great sum of money. You’re not the only one who got it.
