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I once received an e-mail from Reunion.com, a reputable online company, stating that someone who went to college with me had sent me an e-mail. I did not recognize this person's name but I had attended several colleges in the past. This person also knew my changed first name and my married last name ( I legally changed my first name in January of 2007). He asked me in his e-mail if I was interested in making extra income as a sales mediator. He then provided a website for me to visit if I was interested (I now realize that this tactic is known as a phishing scam). Once I visited the site, I noticed that the company listed was in Moscow, Russia. I discovered later that this company did not exist. It was a scam. The company, called GST (Global Supplies Trader), sold heavy equipment to unsuspecting customers on E-bay. The customers would then wire thousands of dollars into the American mediators' bank accounts. The mediators would then Western Union or send a Money Gram to Russia and retain 10% as a commission. The only problem was that the customers never received the merchandise. Now the Americans are liable for thousands of dollars that are now safely in Russia. Who is more stupid, the e-bay customers who wire thousands of dollars into a stranger's bank account BEFORE receiving the merchandise or the mediator who sends thousands of someone else's dollars to a company in a foreign country without verifying the validity of the company? ]]>Sep 24th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/09/24/the-12-most-dangerous-e-mails-2/http://www.switched.com/2008/09/24/the-12-most-dangerous-e-mails-2/Sep 26th 2008 12:35PM