[Cowperson]

Without going into the gory details, in mid-2008 I rescued someone who had shipped $59,000 USA off to a foreign land in a front-load scheme.

The fraudsters acquire shareholder lists of stocks listed but scarcely trading on foreign exchanges. In this case, Germany. The good news is that this last breath stock has suddenly had an unbelieveable buyout offer. You'll get $300,000 if you'll send $59,000 to cover off the German taxes in advance, the difference being shipped to you later.

Wow. What a fantastic, unexpected surprise.

The victim in this case called me AFTER he'd sent the $59,000, wondering if he'd done a stupid thing.

The psychology was pretty interesting.

Since he called me and asked, he must have known deep down he'd done a stupid thing but it took several days of digging to convince him.

His contact purportedly in Quebec (he talked with the guy numerous times) with a Las Angeles phone number but a fax at a Seattle address that was already on a fraud warning list as well as a Panama e-mail address.

Because he was sending money to a foreign land, he had several days in which to cancel payment. He did so with one day remaining.

Crazy.

Cowperson