'Nigerian Scam' Snares Another CUMember

November 17, 2005, 1:00 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

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LANCASTER, Pa. - (11/17/05) -- A 59-year-old Founders FCU memberwas cheated out of $8,000 from her credit union account Monday bytwo scamsters pretending to be helping the poor. The two men,claiming to be from Nigeria, told the woman they needed her $8,000in cash to enable them to collect $50,000 from a life insuranceclaim they intended to donate to charity. The credit union membereventually ended up with a bandana full of shredded newspaper,instead of the $58,000 in cash she was led to believe would be init.

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