A Cheating Scam..

I heard through the news last night that there is such and such a cheating scam going on.

A typical scenario..
- Someone contact you (from Hong Kong or China), telling you that you have won a princely money-prize.
- They have official-looking website.
- You are informed that the money is parked in a bank (in Hong Kong or China).
- They even have a personalized code for you to call to the bank to verify your rewards.
- They asked for your bank account number so that they could transfer the money to you.
- But before they can make the money transfer legally, we must first transfer a certain sum of money as a form of “insurance fees” or “administration charges”. This amount can be in thousands, but still it is just a tiny fraction of the supposed rewards. They will give you detailed instructions of how you can make the transfer.
- They cannot deduct the “insurance fees” or “administration charges” reward and insist that you transfer the money within a certain time frame, before they proceed to transfer the rewards to you.
- They can sound very convincing.
- When you transfer the “insurance fees” or “administration charges” to them, you will be sure NOT to hear from them again.

Apparently, many people fell for the scam.

But there are also some smart ones and there are some playful ones that played along with them and confused them.

From You-Tube :
揭晓老千电话中奖的手段 (骗局)
Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A69zlMpmrP0
Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBi5eXGXpFY
Part 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqrwVYJ6Z-E


From Kennysia.com
http://www.kennysia.com/archives/2007/08/cheated_by_the.php

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天下间既然有那么多骗人都不眨眼的人…
世间上果然有很多被骗得莫名其妙的人…

骗人的人是心术不正！
被骗的人是心………？
有人说是单纯、有人说是贪欲…

不要说我们很精明，也不要说我们都不贪。
我们自己碰到了考验、自己入了局，才会知道。