This message comes from the Y2K Manager of the Washington Air National Guard:

Be careful, Y2K scammers are on the prowl. I got a call from a man this week end 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 that 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.

Please pass this info to friends and family because this is a huge scam that is going on all across the country. Some people would be scared to think they would lose 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 it 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 the call came from "out of area". It came from a 248 area code which is around Detroit. Be aware.

-- Eugenie Raff (eraff@ix.netcom.com), March 12, 1999