"Harry Krause" wrote in message

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I've received a few from banks where I've never had accounts...and from
places where I do. They usually do incorporate genuine graphics elements
from the real sites, as you mentioned. No real vendor where you've
registered is likely to send you an email asking for your personal
information. At worst, when you log onto the vendor's legit site, you
might be told that info you have on file is out of date, or when you
place an order, you might get an indicator that your info is out of
date...

I gotten them from Citibank and Yahoo. The one from Yahoo was so amateur
that it looked like a grade school kid made it up.

I recently posted an ad to sell an old RV. I immediately received two
responses from the new "Nigerian" scam...

Writing me, supposedly from the UK, they appear all hot and bothered to buy,
then offer to send a certified check for the purchase. The check is for
thousands more than the purchase price, the difference of which you are
supposed to wire to them. Later, when the phony certified check bounces,
the victim has lost the money they "refunded." In some cases, they have a
partner in the US, who picks up the item. In that case, you've lost both
the money and the item for sale.

Unc