& I would say that is the tip of the iceberg Lance. they would be the very brave ones that came forward and admitted it. Regards Arthur ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <lance.b.4u@gmail.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 9:53 AM Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Elderly Americans lose millions to Internet scams A site worth reading: " Scams involving Internet auctions, as well as identity theft, lotteries, prizes and sweepstakes, top the list of fraud complaints by older Americans, who lost $152 million to con artists last year, U.S. officials told a Senate panel on Wednesday 2005-07-27" http://techrepublic.com.com/2100-1009_11-5807779.html Lance -- ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== To leave the list, click here and send: mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe To leave the DIGEST, click here and send: mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Hello S&A, Friday, August 26, 2005, 8:04:57 AM, you wrote: SA> & I would say that is the tip of the iceberg Lance. they would be SA> the very brave ones that came forward and admitted it. I agree, and that's a major item in the con artists armoury. Victims are loathe to admit they were conned. Nothing new in folks getting parted from their money by these crooks, just another way of doing it that happens to involve less risk and work .... no wonder it's so attractive to them ! As has often been said - 'One born every minute' - and it will always be so I imagine, given the basic trusting nature of mankind <sigh>. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe

It would save folks a lot of grief if they would just remember 12 little words.... "If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is." and, if you didn't enter a contest, how could you possibly win it? We, all of us, need to keep our eyes open.... It was, I think, P. T. Barnum, who said... "There's a sucker born every minute!!" PAX NancyT ----- Original Message ----- From: "S&A" <starwall@optusnet.com.au> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 2:04 AM Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Elderly Americans lose millions to Internet scams & I would say that is the tip of the iceberg Lance. they would be the very brave ones that came forward and admitted it. Regards Arthur ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <lance.b.4u@gmail.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 9:53 AM Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Elderly Americans lose millions to Internet scams A site worth reading: " Scams involving Internet auctions, as well as identity theft, lotteries, prizes and sweepstakes, top the list of fraud complaints by older Americans, who lost $152 million to con artists last year, U.S. officials told a Senate panel on Wednesday 2005-07-27" http://techrepublic.com.com/2100-1009_11-5807779.html Lance -- ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== To leave the list, click here and send: mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe To leave the DIGEST, click here and send: mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== To volunteer to do a lookup or to exchange lookups, go here: http://www.RAOGK.org ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx