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July 19, 2007

E-Mail Scams, Part VI: Miscellaneous Scams

A couple of readers told me about some other unusual scams:

In follow up to your Sunday piece – my wife got a piece of mail from a company called RJM Acquisitions Funding Inc. claiming that she owed a past due bill to Fingerhut for a past due bill.  We get this solicitation once or twice a year and it is a known fraud.  We have never ordered anything from Fingerhut let alone had a charge account with them. I checked it out last time and this RJM Acquisitions Funding is a known fraud in NY State. I have enclosed a PDF of the letter.

i have received a different kind of scam , it seems it is targetting people selling there cars by owner. i first received an SMS  inquiring about my car , and it includes his email address to reply , then he sent me an email with about 15 questions about my car , and it seems he wants to email me a check more than the price of my car , in  order that i will give him my  car and the difference in cash .

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