New Scam?

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    I started getting these emails to place print ads in well known newspapers. The rates are quite reasonable but something is definately fishy. I'm 99% sure the person you pay has nothing to do with the newspaper in question and just runs off with your money

    (Of course no phone number supplied)
     
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  2. T0PS3O

    T0PS3O Feel Good PLC

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  3. yfs1

    yfs1 User Title Not Found

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    Everything is 3 degrees from Royal Mail ;)

    Although hillarious, I doubt its the same Michael Vines....At least I hope not
     
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    Dio Well-Known Member

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    By another strange coincidence - I also get spam email claiming to help men who have problems emptying their sacks. :D
     
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    have you tried phoning the newspaper (assuming it is a legit publication)?
     
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    What you do is visit the website and do a who-is search on it to see how old the site is.

    Then you do a google and yahoo search to see how many pages are indexed and how many times it is referenced. If the results that show up are the actual website pages stay away. That means the paper if it even exists is quite obscure.

    Then do the same search but add in 'scam' or 'ripoff' or 'spam'
     
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    yes, i got many emails regarding the same thing
    i think its getting into many more mailboxes.
    there was one more email, advertising in latimes.com
     
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    He said: "I'm sorry about what happened. But it wasn't personal. I am now looking for a new job

    Haha! No sh$*T You are!! Can anyone guess where thats going to be? PaRa Pa Pa Pa....
     
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