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Originally Posted by fintstone

I used to help out folks…and it was almost always a scam. They are prevalent as Nigerian Princes with money to send you on the internet. I have met people that play that scam (where they are short on money every time they buy anything). They may not score every time…but trying is free and they don’t have to pay taxes on what they get.

Originally Posted by stevej37

knowing that you have truly helped a person out ...is worth losing money to a few swindlers.

If it was 99% that would be one thing, but it's more likely to be 1%. Even if it was 90% and 10%, those are odds that I just can deal with, especially when you think about where the other money is likely going.