Oconee County, GA Politics

Our own local Bernie Madoff? Man admits Covington investment fraud  | ajc.com Posted using ShareThis

Beware of anyone asking for donations over the telephone. Woven cautiously, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Dear CCDC members and friends, Please see forwarded message below. Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications Karen, Please share this story with our mailing list. We do not want them to be victims of a scam. Cordially, MaC Wanted to share this with CCDC folks. Suppose someone IS doing this scam? Scary! Wanda I just fell for what I think was a well-plotted phone scam, and hereby issue a warning. This involved a very eloquent and polite young man who said he represented the local Democratic Party. We chatted about politics for several minutes before he got to his wonderful spiel, which included the reason why I couldn 't send a donation by check in the mail. Fool that I think I be, I happily gave him my credit card number to make a donation. As I hung up, it dawned on me what I had done without an oun...