A New Scam – Gambling With An Edge

Listed here was the electronic mail:  

Hi Bob, 

It may well be challenging to think, but people today frequently fail to remember about deposits, home they owned or ignore money that they should really have inherited. This essentially transpires much more frequently than you could feel. In actuality, there are billions of dollars in unclaimed assets in areas all through the United States. We performed a very simple research on your email handle ([email protected]), and quickly uncovered that you have unclaimed property. Please just take a nearer search by next the hyperlink beneath and hopefully you can get back management of your missing worthwhile home that is rightfully yours.

Reclaim Your Money Now

Thank you!

This appeared tempting. After all, I did collect quite a little bit of unclaimed house not too long ago and wrote about it in this column. But this looked fishy. All they experienced was my electronic mail tackle (really quick to get), and if I clicked on the blue connection, I’m pretty guaranteed they would have requested for my complete identify, handle, birthday, Social Security Number, and many others. Perhaps my financial institution account routing range so they could transfer money to me. (Ha! Fats opportunity!) I do not know this for guaranteed since I in no way clicked.

I “woke up” in advance of I clicked on the hyperlink and deleted the email. No damage carried out. If I had additional unclaimed house coming (and I have checked in every condition exactly where I have at any time lived), it would not be less than my e mail deal with. It would be beneath my lawful title (which, as you most likely know, isn’t Bob Dancer.)

We’re all used to appeals from the exiled prince in Nigeria or anywhere, but this was a new one. At the very least to me. 

They say it is simpler to cheat a greedy particular person. And the assure of “free money” can definitely increase one’s greed momentarily. Following all, who would want to miss out on out on money that is rightfully theirs?

I may well have missed out on a windfall in this article, but I’ll just take that possibility. I additional very likely avoided an identification theft issue — which is the significantly higher worry to me.

Most persons, I presume, on reflection will concur that this is probably a rip-off. And thoroughly stay away from it by deleting it. But it’s a lot easier to keep away from if you have read about it beforehand. Which is why I’m posting this.