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Check Cashing Scam |
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Often these can get mixed up with the Advanced Fee Fraud because often the initial email can look similar. This is where the scammer will send you an email, and for some reason or other it will involve sending you a cheque. (though this may not become apparent at first, it is something the scammers reveal once they have you hooked) Once they send you a cheque (or money order) they either make up a reason why you have to send a percentage of that back, or forward it to somebody else - or - send an item to them, such as an item you are selling on the Internet. Cheques and money orders take a matter of days to be verified or cleared, but a loophole means you can still send money (or items) before this happens. The cheques you are sent, are of course - fake, and since you have just sent them money or items you cannot get that back. Meaning the cheque will of course bounce or are reported as fraudulant, and you are left without the money or items you have just send to the scammer. (Or sometimes both!) Popular variants are fake job offers that want to pay you through cheques and popular methods are through the companies MoneyGram and Western Union. Avoid anybody who wants to pay for an item or services through cheque, and if you do - ALWAYS wait before the cheque clears verification and the funds are officially transferred before giving anything away. Many people refer to these scams as a type of Advanced Fee Fraud, but they have their only section here as they are inherently different. |
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