-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Harrison
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 11:07 AM
To: Accounting; Pam Thornell
Cc: 'chopkins@e-g.com'
Subject: FW: A Scam
A good warning!!!
Subject: A Scam
Got a call from a man this weekend telling me he represented my bank
> > and that they were having difficulty meeting requirements to be
> > computer ready for Y2K. He said all bank customers would need
to
> > transfer their accounts to a bond account specially designed to
> > protect our money until the bank could fully comply with Y2K
> > requirements. He then said to verify that he was talking to the
proper
> > account person I needed to confirm information about myself, my
> > account numbers and then give verbal authorization to transfer
funds
> > to this specially designed account. I don't trust folks who do
this
> > kind of thing so I asked him which of the banks I use did he
> > represent. He was not able to do that and hung up at that point.
> >
> > Please pass this info to friends or family because this is a
huge scam
> > that is going on all across the country. Some people would be
scared
> > to think they would loose all their money (which he said was
sure to
> > happen if I didn't do this now) and would supply the information
> > without first checking this out. I notified the phone company of
the
> > call - since I have caller ID, I could give them a number but
the
> > identifier just said "out of area". It came from a 248 area code
> > which is around Detroit. Anyway, just passing this along so
you'd be
> > aware and beware. Have a good day.
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