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6. Reminds me of the Nigerian scam.

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 09:38 PM

Mar 2013

"We will give you enough money to pay all your debts, you just have to pay us a handling fee of 8 billion"

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"banks in Cyprus may never re-open if a bailout is not agreed." [View all] dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 OP

So? "Pay protection or lose the lot." Does that about sum it up? /nt TheMadMonk Mar 2013 #1

Reminds me of the Nigerian scam. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #6

Give us your money or the country gets it. neverforget Mar 2013 #2

That's associated with the current liquidity of their banks. dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #3

My take Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #4

Oops! Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #13

And check this out... Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #5

You find the darndest stuff.... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #7

This Cyprus thing has my undivided attention Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #8

The thing is, deposit insurance would not cover the losses. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #10

Just did a quick Google which shows BI was on this ~6 weeks ago Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #9