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, Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:23:36
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Contains some sad stories of people actually getting scammed, including one where a Nigerian woman living in the US was defrauded by a frudster who called her home phone here in the US telling her that her relatives in Nigeria were in a terrible accident and that they needed emergency treatment. There is no end to the depth of their depravity.
Appropriate for this situation, but done a little more subtly:
25 MAY 2003
From The News Journal, Delaware US:
Victims of online scams hit hard
More consumers fall prey to con artists
By TERRI SANGINITI
Staff reporter
Jim and Kay Perry said they never had any problems buying or selling cars over the
Internet.
So when Jim Perry put his brother's 1938 Packard up for sale in January, he had no
reason to be suspicious when a buyer who said he was from another country contacted
him to buy the classic car for $19,500.
What the couple from Hartly did not realize was that they had just been snared in an
international scam that costs American consumers $100 million a year, according to the
U.S. Secret Service, which enforces federal laws related to counterfeiting and other
financial crimes.
And, by depositing the buyer's $45,000 cashier's check into their Dover Federal Credit
Union account, the Perrys took the first step toward losing the money they had been
saving for 17-year-old daughter's college education. The deposit also sparked a battle
between the Perrys and the credit union over who is liable for their financial loss.
Secret Service officials say more people are falling for the scam. The con artists
typically use fake cashier's checks to purchase items that individuals are selling online.
The scammers overpay for the goods and later ask that the difference be returned to
them before the victim or bank realizes the cashier's check is counterfeit.
Kay Perry said when the $45,000 check arrived Jan. 15 by Federal Express, she
immediately e-mailed the agent for the buyer, who identified himself as Samuel John,
that he sent too much money.
John telephoned the Perrys. Speaking in a thick accent that Kay Perry said was hard to
decipher, he apologized repeatedly for the mistake by his client's secretary, she said.
John followed up with an e-mail to the Perrys, saying there was a "simple solution" to the
problem, which was to have the over-payment wired back to his client. On Jan. 18, Kay
Perry said, he called again to report his client had not yet received the money.
The couple wired the $24,460 in overpayment to the buyer in the United Arab Emirates.
Only later did they they learn the cashier's check was worthless. The 1938 Packard
never changed hands.
Not sure if you should tell the Secret Service about your activities receiving counterfeit checks... but they probably already know. ;o)
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