by BrvIrishMan
Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:37 pm
I thought of this on the fly last night when I was having a chat with a person I knew was a scammer on Yahoo (go figure). I could tell by the picture, because another scammer had used the same picture. If you can believe that. Of course it was the old "I need money to pay for my internet." She further told me she was in Ghana visiting her Grandmum and was in a cafe talking to me because her home internet service had been disconnected. Now get this, she needed 200 dollars for a one month bill. Not to my surprise, her solution was for me to send the money via Western Union. Even told me I could do this online, right now. Even gave me the website where I could do it.
Okay, so here is what I did: I told her that Western Union would not accept my payment with a credit card because of where it was going. First I told her that the card would not go through for some unknown reason. I later told her that I was on the phone with Western Union talking to a representative. Now here is the twist: I told her that this person on the phone was telling me that there was a new law here in the States, under the Rico Act, that could make Western Union liable as part of the crime is it turned out to be a scam and they refused to refund me my money. According to her, Western Union had changed their policy and I now had to bring cash to their shop to send it, and sign a paper saying that they were in no way liable for the transfer.
This all happened around midnight on a Saturday. Of course I didn't have that much cash on me and the bank was not open tomorrow so she would have to wait until Monday before I could send it.
Now here is the question: I want your thoughts on my idea about the new law. Was it good or bad? I don't want to put something in the mix that will mess it up for everyone.
Please respond with advice and help.
Okay, so here is what I did: I told her that Western Union would not accept my payment with a credit card because of where it was going. First I told her that the card would not go through for some unknown reason. I later told her that I was on the phone with Western Union talking to a representative. Now here is the twist: I told her that this person on the phone was telling me that there was a new law here in the States, under the Rico Act, that could make Western Union liable as part of the crime is it turned out to be a scam and they refused to refund me my money. According to her, Western Union had changed their policy and I now had to bring cash to their shop to send it, and sign a paper saying that they were in no way liable for the transfer.
This all happened around midnight on a Saturday. Of course I didn't have that much cash on me and the bank was not open tomorrow so she would have to wait until Monday before I could send it.
Now here is the question: I want your thoughts on my idea about the new law. Was it good or bad? I don't want to put something in the mix that will mess it up for everyone.
Please respond with advice and help.
