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  • E-mail Scam to Launder Money Lures Many

    10/28/2002 2:51:42 PM PST · by ex-Texan · 46 replies · 332+ views
    Portland Oregonian ^ | 10/28/2002 | John Snell
    E-mail Scam to Launder Money Lures Many 10/28/02 JOHN SNELL Jane was a world-class chump, and she knows it. The Salem-area woman lost nearly everything in an international e-mail scam: her well-paying state job, her retirement savings and 17 years of hard-earned house payments. All to scrape together more than $70,000 she would give to African strangers who promised to make her wickedly rich. When the swindle began in March 2000, Jane figured her lucky day had arrived. In a way, it had. She's lucky she wasn't killed.The Oregonian is withholding Jane's real name because she is afraid the scammers...