Has someone offered you a huge sum of money or a valuable consignment? It's a 419 or advance fee fraud - find out how they work, and what to do to be safe.
by sunny10644 Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:48 pm
Recieved a money order with instructions to my email, opened instruction sheet and it gives you instructions on purchasing and writing a detailed report about your experience. I have read that these are scams, and still have money order and instruction sheet in my possession, what should I do to catch this creep???? Thanks for your help !!
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by Justin Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:38 pm
Hello sunny10644!

You are correct this is a typical work at home check scam. They will ask you to cash the check then send the money via Western Union or Money Gram. Later you will find out from your bank the check was fake and you will have to pay back all the money including the money you sent to the scammer.

Unfortunately these scammers typically operate in west Africa far out of reach of legal action. Not only that but they are hiding under many layers of lies and all the information they give you is fake.

What you can do that will help is posting all the scammers information including his name, email address and some of his emails. This will help others who search avoid this scammer.

As far as the check you can take it to a local police department or destroy it. Just don't cash it!

Justin

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