Below is a message I received from a pal warning me of scam artists taking advantage of the "impending" doom and gloom of the millenium change. Please be warned. > -----Original Message----- > >Subject: FW: Y2K Scam > > > >I got a call from a man this weekend telling me he represented my bank > >and that they were having difficulty meeting requirements to be computer > >ready for Y2K. He said all bank customers would need to transfer their > >accounts to a bond account specially designed to protect our money until > >the bank could fully comply with Y2K requirements. He then said to > >verify that he was talking to the proper account person I needed to > >confirm information about myself, my account numbers and then give > >verbal authorization to Transfer funds to this specially designed > >account. I don't trust folks who do this kind of thing so I asked him > >which of the banks I use did he represent. He was not able to do that > >and hung up at that point. Please pass this info to friends or family > >because this is a huge scam that is going on all across the country. > >Some people would be scared to think they would loose all their money > >(which he said was sure to happen if I didn't do this now) and would > >supply the information without first checking this out. I notified the > >phone company of the call - since I have caller ID, I could give them a > >number but the identifier just said "out of area". It came from a 248 > >area code which is around Detroit. Anyway, just passing this along so > >you'd be aware and beware. Have a good day. > > >