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 Topic: Scam email that pissed me off

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  • Scam email that pissed me off
     OP - January 28, 2010, 10:20 PM
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    The British Red Cross Society
    British Red Cross
    UK office
    44 Moorfields
    London EC2Y 9AL
     
    MAKE YOUR DONATIONS NOW
     
    Dear reader,
     
    A devasting earthquake measuring 7.3 on the richter scale struck haiti on
    12 January 2010 sending the Haitian capital Port-Au-Prince into
    chaos,killing hundreds and affecting thousands more.please give what you
    can today to help thousands of people there in the desperate need of
    humanitarian assistance.
     
    Relief aid workers from the red Cross have already been arriving at the
    Haitian capital with relief materials.
     
    Donations have been grouped into two cartegories:
     
    1: Group A ( ?250  British Pounds to ?1,000 British Pounds
    2: Group B ( ?1,000 British Pounds and above)
     
    Donation are to be made payable immediately via WESTERN UNION MONEY
    TRANSFER immediately and directly to our donations accounts liason officer
    as receiver's name:Flora Perkins
     
    DONATION ACCOUNT LIASON OFFICER: Flora Perkins
    ADDRESS: 44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL
     
    Please provide us via return email the following information below as they
    appear on the western union money transfer slip:
     
    1.Name and address of sender
    2.Exact Amount sent:
    3.MTCN:
     
    Note: At british red cross we are commited to protecting your privacy as a
    STANDARD practce.we will not share your information unless you have
    previously indicated that you are happy for us to do so.
    Hope to recieve your donation soon as thousands need your help.
     
    Please send return email with donation details to :
    fundrelief@hotmail.com or fundrelief@gala.net
     
    Yours sincerely
    [Removed]
    For and on behalf of the British Red Cross Society.

    This one made me really pissed, because there could be a lot of gullible, but well-meaning, people who would fall for it.
    How can there be people who could do such things.  finmad
    "In every time and culture there are pressures to conform to the prevailing prejudices. But there are also, in every place and epoch, those who value the truth; who record the evidence faithfully. Future generations are in their debt." -Carl Sagan

  • Re: Scam email that pissed me off
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