Wednesday, September 25, 2002

How a Bank Got E-Mail Scammed. A Detroit secretary is the latest to fall for an 'urgent business proposition' and requests for 'urgent assistance' from an official-sounding foreigner, becoming another victim of the ubiquitous e-mail scam. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] The 59 year old secretary transferred over 2 million dollars of her bosses money to the fraudster before she landed in court for her sins and now she's in it up to her neck. They reckon that one in a hundred people that receive the email scam go for it - are people that stupid, that greedy? 9:47:11 AM