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Car sale scam?

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Treadway1 Posts: 826 Forumite

3 February 2009 at 7:34PM

Did the seller sign his email off with

George Abdgwengo (National Bank of Uganda)... Goooooooood afternoon sir!!! :rotfl:

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Brooker_Dave Posts: 5,196 Forumite

3 February 2009 at 11:37PM

skint-student-nurse wrote: »

i just dont understand that the government/police/authorities are trying to combat fraud and scams like these...why dont they just ban money transfers using western union,etc?

Better to ban the dopes who fall for such scams.

Not nearly all of these scams work by appealing to people's sense of greed...

"Love you Dave Brooker! x"

"i sent a letter headded sales of god act 1979"
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