by TerranceBoyce
Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:14 am
The simple fact is that if someone pretending to be a company asks you to make a payment for them or to them by Western Union or MoneyGram, or any cash transmission service like UKASH - it's a scam, because companies can't use those services.
There's nothing wrong with the services but corporate entities (companies) can't and don't use them.
They may have flashy websites and they may make you fill in forms and applications to make the fiction appear real, but the moment they start asking you to make payments through your account without making use of their own bank account, it is a nasty scam setting you up to take a hit for the theft they are committing.
Using a cash transmission service enables them to remain anonymous and beyond the reach of the law. Using your account means you may handle one payment, and one person here had their account blocked even before he could handle the first payment, but that will most likely be the only payment you'll get to make before the police come calling.
There's nothing wrong with the services but corporate entities (companies) can't and don't use them.
They may have flashy websites and they may make you fill in forms and applications to make the fiction appear real, but the moment they start asking you to make payments through your account without making use of their own bank account, it is a nasty scam setting you up to take a hit for the theft they are committing.
Using a cash transmission service enables them to remain anonymous and beyond the reach of the law. Using your account means you may handle one payment, and one person here had their account blocked even before he could handle the first payment, but that will most likely be the only payment you'll get to make before the police come calling.
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