TOTAL SCAM

[Raven]

(i am typing at the library)

My sweet wife fell for a money laundering scam
from a guy calling himself Billy Anderson from
England who just sent us over $2000 dollars
in postal money orders and chase bank
American express money orders....

Well, i was mad as hell at hearing about it and
intervened before she tried to make her 10% cut
of the proceeds
by western Union check sent back to him...

Of course all the checks were counterfit as proven
at the post office ....it's the old Nigerians again
trying to con hardworking Americans out of their money.

the postal ladies gave me the name of their detective
and get this... his name is Richard (#^&#^&#^&#^&) Tracy

and he gave me the full scoop on the Scam.

So beware!
the checks and money orders are very real looking!

[FishermanTim]

I've got a very finely tune BullS**T meter, and it will go off at a moments notice.If I see or hear anyone getting involved with this type of scheme, I will let them know point blank what is going on, and what will happen.
Fortunately, my elderly mother is savy to this stuff as well, and will always run it by me for the "smell test" to see if the offer "stinks".
Luckily you were there to intervene.
Hopefully, you wife has learned a valuable lesson.

[spence]

Hmmm, a 10% cut just by laundering some money?

Sign me up!!!

Shouldn't need to smell test something that rancid.

My sister was duped by a fake Ebay second chance offer this year, buy someone claiming they were in the UK and couldn't get access to PayPal so they wanted a Western Union.

This was after we had already told her it was stupid.

Some people just need to be burnt by the pot to know it's hot.

-spence

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by spence

Some people just need to be burnt by the pot to know it's hot.
-spence

Well said Spence.

As another saying goes..."A fool and their money will soon be parted."

[Mike P]

The latest scam is sending you a very authentic looking e-mail from a financial institution you happen to do business with, telling you that you need to update certain account information. All of the corporate logos and internal links look legit.

Except that the sender's e-mail domain is different than your financial institution's.

The other tip-off is that corporations like Wells Fargo and Bank of America generally don't send off correspondance loaded with mis-spelled words and poor grammar.

[Jenn]

well my momma always told me (and still does) if it sounds too good to be true ........ IT IS!!

[rivsie11]

My Father-in-law had one this summer where he received a phone call from someone @ "Mastercard" claiming there was unusual activity on his card, and would he please verify the card information. He did not fall for it, but it was close. The call came as he was getting home from work and with his mind on other things. It was very simple, and very tricky, especially when your preoccupied.

[Rockport24]

yeah those scams are all very common these days, but people still fall for them for one reason or another, preoccupied, unaware, etc..