Ruth Madoff's 'Plea' for Help: An E-mail Scam on Top of a Scam

In an ironic twist, e-mail scammers are using the name of Ruth Madoff, the wife of convicted master con man Bernard Madoff, in a classic scam supposedly seeking help in hiding her secret cash. Readers of ABCNews.com's The Blotter alerted us to a series of e-mails that purport to be letters from Ruth Madoff seeking held "in acquiring some properties and keeping some large cash amount for me." Click here to send your own tip to the investigative team. Mrs. Madoff's lawyer, Peter Chavkin, said...Full Story