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Take the sad case of John Rempel of Leamington, England. The man literally gave away his entire savings (along with most of his family's) to a person claiming that Rempel had been left $12.8 million by a complete stranger who shared his last name. All Rempel had to do to inherit the fortune was :
- Pay $2,500 to have the money transferred into his name.
- Pay $25,000 in taxes on the money he hadn't actually seen yet.
- Open a new bank account in London for $5,000
- Fly to London and hand over $10,000 more dollars to people he didn't know.
The story ends with Rempel and his family in a New York Airport searching for the people who were supposed to have their money. They never found them.
We don't mean to harp on John Rempel, but please... Don't give anyone money upfront. If anyone ever asks you for money and says it's your lucky day, it probably isn't. Stay skeptical! [From: WindsorStar]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsJULIEFeb 23rd 2009 4:08PM
I EVEN GOT A E-MAIL WITH THE FBI LETTER HEAD TELLING ME TO SEND THIS IDIOT THE MONEY SO THEY ARREST HIM, I WROTE BACK IF YOU ARE THE FBI GIVE ME THE MONEY AND THEN I WILL SEND IT
JOELFeb 24th 2009 12:23AM
I get all the scams in my spam folder. I delete most of them. Some I just respond with some profanity. And some I just jerk their chain like I'm interested.
RichardFeb 24th 2009 5:40AM
YOU NEVER MEET A GHOST SCAMMER!
RUSSIAN WOMEN ARE GHOST SCAMMER, TOO.
NEVER SEND ANY MONEY TO RUSSIAN/UKRAINAN WOMEN
BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GET VISA AND PASSPORT, RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT ALWAYS DENY THEIR VISA!!!
YOU WANT TO MARRY A WOMAN IN RUSSIA OR UKRAINE, YOU HAVE TO BUY VISA AND BUY A FLIGHT TICKET FOR HER,
SHE CANNOT BUY FLIGHT TICKET WITHOUT VISA!!!
I BORN IN RUSSIA!
RICHARDFeb 24th 2009 5:49AM
RUSSIAN/UKRAINIAN WOMEN WAIT TO RECEIVE THEIR PAYCHECK ABOUT FIVE MONTHS!!! THAT IS WHY THEY
HAVE TO SCAM YOU!
IF YOU SEND ANY MONEY TO ONE OF WOMEN, SHE BYE YOU!
SHE IS A REAL SCAMMER!!!
WELL, RUSSIAN/UKRAINIAN WOMEN WORK VERY HARD AND WAIT TO RECEIVE THEIR PAYCHECK FROM GOVERNMENT
F I V E MONTHS. THEIR WAGE IS BACK TO 1940. 20 DOLLARS
PER WEEK = $80 PER MONTH.
YOU SEND $1,000 T0 HER, SHE IS A RICH. SHE IS YOUR GHOST SCAMMER.
600 MILLION RUSSIAN/UKRAINIAN PEOPLE LEFT RUSSIA COUNTRY
FROM 1986 TO PRESENT... THEY SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN!!!
bill mFeb 24th 2009 6:03AM
how does someone with no brains amas 150,000
DrainMar 11th 2009 9:58PM
L O L WHAT AN IDIOT
Money transfers cost nothing, if they do, its a few dollars, not 25 GRAND! LOL
# Open a new bank account in London for $5,000
-How can you be this stupid? If you already have a bank account, you don't need ANOTHER ONE LOL.
# Fly to London and hand over $10,000 more dollars to people he didn't know.
-YOU ACTUALLY DID THIS?!
The only tragedy here is that the wife and kid were screwed by an idiot father/husband.