wool / eyes

boy, do *i* feel foolish. they obviously have people on the inside, because the amount of personal data they used in the email made both my mother and me think it was legit.

the green card winners! scam is a nasty piece of work. not only does it demand a small fortune from people living in poor countries, but to get someone excited about such a huge life change is just evil. not that i didn't enjoy those two hours, of course, until i gave up waiting for SxS to come online and hunted down the details myself.

if you get one of these, please forward the details to https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , and spoof@westernunion.com for western union so they'll know to shut whoever it is down and deal with these assholes.