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Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
An Oregon woman who is out $400,000 after falling for a well-known Internet scam says she wasnt a sucker or an easy mark.
Janella Spears of Sweet Home says she simply became curious when she received an e-mail promising her $20.5 million if she would only help out a long-lost relative identified as J.B. Spears with a little money up front.
Spears told KATU-TV about the scammers ability to identify her relative by name was persuasive.
Thats what got me to believe it, She said. So, why wouldnt you send over $100?
Spears, who is a nursing administrator and CPR teacher, said she mortgaged the house and took a lien out on the family car, and ran through her husbands retirement account.
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