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    Jul 20, 2011, 06:16 PM
    Oprah Winfrey gift of 18k to respondants to {address removed},have you info?
    I have heard of this {e-mail address removed}, that checks out your info, and after some time returns to you congratulating you and asking you to send 300 or so to file a claim and shipping charges. Then they will fedx to you from Oprah a check for about 18k. This is done from her charity spirit.
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    Jul 20, 2011, 06:22 PM

    Can you spell scam?
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    Jul 20, 2011, 06:33 PM

    Scam, no she does not do things like that.
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    Jul 20, 2011, 07:26 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by upsplace2 View Post
    i have heard of this {e-mail address removed}, that checks out your info, and after some time returns to you congratulating you and asking you to send 300 or so to file a claim and shipping charges. then they will fedx to you from Oprah a check for about 18k. this is done from her charity spirit.
    Have some common sense why would Oprah ask you for money?
    Creative Consumer: Exposing the Oprah Letter Scam - ABC News
    www.cbc.ca/news/story/2009/04/10/oprah-scam-fbi.html

    Oprah's name has been used in many scams to trap the guiabble. This is a version of a common scam called the Nigeria letter. You are offered a sum of money, too good to be true but first you must meet some expense, usually Fedx or some other charges, you pay the money and that is the last you will hear of it, or you may be asked for more. Depending on the information they seek it may be a Phishing expedition leading to identity theft. If you don't believe me contact Oprah yourself
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    Jul 20, 2011, 08:01 PM
    I can't believe people still fall for this kind of stuff. Internet lotteries too... it just amazes me how much money people lose to these scams every year.

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