FWD: IP: Y2K Scam

[Paul Howell]

Here's something interesting regarding Y2K and how people may be 
taken advantage of.

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:52:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Mike Mosher <mmosher@merit.edu>
To: Paul Howell <grue@merit.edu>
Subject: IP: Y2K Scam 
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This doesn't really fit the netsec agenda, but if you think it's OK, go
ahead and post this to netsec@merit.edu.

	--Mike

>
>From: "Larry Andrew" <LLAndrew@powersurge.net>
>To: <farber@cis.upenn.edu>, <declan@well.com>
>
>
>Dave,
>
>The scams begin again!!!  Have either of you you seen this one yet?
>I have no idea how real this is but a friend sent it to me & I'm passing it
>on just in case it is new.  (the names have been deleted to protect the
>guilty)  :(
>
>Now anyone with enough competence to have a bank account should have sense
>enough to know NOT to give out this info over the phone.  On the other hand,
>there are some Slick operators out there, so - A word to the wise....
>
>Larry Andrew
>========================
>Subject: [RUReady4Y2K] Y2K Scam
>
>
>>> <addresses deleted>
>
>>>For your information and protection.  Received from a Boston Area Y2k
>List.
>>>Please read and share this information with others.
>>>
>>> I got a call from a man this weekend telling me he represented my
>>> bank and that they were having difficulty meeting requirements to be
>>> computer ready for Y2K. He said all bank customers would need to
>>> transfer their accounts to a bond account specially designed to protect
>>> our money until the bank could fully comply with Y2K requirements.
>>> He then said to verify that he was talking to the proper account person
>>> I needed to confirm information about myself, my account numbers and
>>> then give verbal authorization to transfer funds to this specially
>designed
>>> account.
>>>
>>> I don't trust folks who do this kind of thing so I asked him which of the
>>> banks I use did he represent. He was not able to do that and hung up
>>> at that point. Please pass this info to friends or family because this is
>>> a huge scam that is going on all across the country. Some people would
>>> be scared to think they would loose all their money (which he said was
>>> sure to happen if I didn't do this now) and would supply the information
>>> without first checking this out. I notified the phone company of the call
>>> - since I have caller ID, I could give them a number but the identifier
>>>just
>>> said "out of area". It came from a 248 area code which is around Detroit.
>>> Anyway, just passing this along so you'd be aware and beware. Have a
>>> good day.
>>>
>>>
>>>====================================================
>


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