OK .........I never thought anybody really got sucked in by this one ........*L*.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060302/nigerian_netscam_060302/20060302

Renowned Psychiatrist Duped In Nigerian Net Scam

By: Associated Press, Mar. 2 2006

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A renowned psychiatrist lost up to $3 million over 10 years to a Nigerian Internet scam, his son alleges in a lawsuit.

Dr. Louis A. Gottschalk, an 89-year-old neuroscientist who works at the University of California, Irvine medical plaza that bears his name, acknowledged losing $900,000 to "some bad investments," according to court papers.

Guy Gottschalk filed a lawsuit last month asking a judge to remove his father as administrator of the family's $8 million partnership. He alleges his father sent the money to a scammer who promised the doctor a cut of a huge sum of cash trapped in African bank accounts in exchange for money advances.

He also alleges his father destroyed bank records to cover up his losses.

The younger Gottschalk claims in court papers he filed the suit to prevent his father from being further victimized.

Louis Gottschalk accuses his son in legal documents of carrying out an unspecified "vendetta" against him. Guy Gottschalk lost a bid last October to have a conservator oversee the family partnership, documents show.

The Nigerian Internet scam is a long-running con that targets people with e-mail accounts. Criminals send junk e-mail to thousands of unsuspecting people offering them a share in a large fortune if they can only provide a smaller amount of money up front. The criminal takes the money and then disappears.

Louis Gottschalk gained prominence in 1987 by claiming that his studies of President Reagan's speech patterns showed Reagan had been suffering from diminished mental ability as early as 1980.

A hearing in Guy Gottschalk's lawsuit is set for March 14.


Slim

Someone locally fell for that and lost $88,000.

I heard about a new one on the radio - a Nigerian woman emails you her picture and claims to be madly in love with you and needs travel money to come visit. I think it was some guy in Milwaukee that fell for it. The picture turned out to be of a Hawaiian model.

:D :D bwah haa haa hee hee hee, more money then brains seems to be alot of that going around

If I recall......I think I had a pm from a shady feller trying to con me this very same way!

They're not scams. Those Nigerians are nice people who are just trying to share the wealth. In fact, I have given my bank account number and social security number along with my date of birth to a nice Nigerian man who contacted me over the internet. He will be placing $1,000,000 in my account any day now.

Originally posted by Little-L
If I recall......I think I had a pm from a shady feller trying to con me this very same way!

What kinda sicko would do this to u Little L ??

:rolleyes:

Frogger,,,,,yours is an opinion i trust,,,,,thanks mate,i shall look into investing in this right away.....:)

Originally posted by Frogger
any day now.

"Any Day Now" ....that is a good song .....and ........I can't for the likes of me ..........think who sang it. Was it Ronny Milsap ....??

Little - L ............surely any tenderhorn that tried to bilk you out of anything ............would find themselves in deep deep trouble ............I think.


Slim