Steely Dan Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 Linkage The victim of the con, who was not identified, was reportedly told by the Frenchman to leave a mixture of real cash with blank bills to marinate in a special liquid overnight, and the next morning he would have double the amount of cash at his disposal. Here's why I think this guy shouldn't get his money back. The guy who took it should be charged but the money should be given to charity IMO. First, the guy knew he would be doing something illegal by believing the marinate would counterfeit some bills. Second, somebody that stupid shouldn't be allowed to have that much money. There are people out there with $35,000 to blow on stupidity having somehow Forest Gumped their way into having it to begin with and I'm having severe financial problems! Where art thou God of karma!!
Just Jack Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 I got one of them fake Canadian lottery letters with fake check for $2800 yesterday. It's so tempting to try to cash it.
Steely Dan Posted May 12, 2008 Author Posted May 12, 2008 I got one of them fake Canadian lottery letters with fake check for $2800 yesterday. It's so tempting to try to cash it. I was watching People's Court one day and woman went to a website that said they would pay her to be a secret shopper for different companies but to find out if they could trust her she would have to take a $50,000 check (no, I'm not kidding) and cash it and then she could keep $3000 and she would have to send off the rest through a Walmart Western Union type thing for someone pick up in another state. She did it. Somehow the check cashing store got everything back except her $3000 and they were suing her for it. Her defense was that she didn't know it was a bad check and they should go after the people who gave her the check. She lost, big surprise. Judge Milian knew she wasn't that stupid and marveled at the fact that she actually wired the other $47,000 without keeping it. The woman maintained she didn't know it was a bad check. If she was that stupid she should have to report to a sterilization facility to ensure she never reproduces.
KD in CA Posted May 12, 2008 Posted May 12, 2008 I got one of them fake Canadian lottery letters with fake check for $2800 yesterday. It's so tempting to try to cash it. Grrrr....one of those scumbags used a mock up of a stolen check from our Company in a recent round of that scam. For the next month we got endless phone calls either from people who received the checks or from banks/credit unions where idiots tried to cash them. Pain in the ass.
Steely Dan Posted May 12, 2008 Author Posted May 12, 2008 Grrrr....one of those scumbags used a mock up of a stolen check from our Company in a recent round of that scam. For the next month we got endless phone calls either from people who received the checks or from banks/credit unions where idiots tried to cash them. Pain in the ass. Can you explain? I've never heard of this. How does this scam operate? I'm guessing they send them a check and tell them they can cash it after sending them some money but I'm not sure.
KD in CA Posted May 12, 2008 Posted May 12, 2008 Can you explain? I've never heard of this. How does this scam operate? I'm guessing they send them a check and tell them they can cash it after sending them some money but I'm not sure. Right. You get a letter from Joe Blow Lottery, Inc. saying you won $500,000 in a special drawing of the Canadian lotto. To claim it you owe $3000 in taxes, and to help you pay that they enclose a phony check for $3000, hoping you deposit the check and in the following few days (before the check is returned) you wire them the $3000. Because they were able to steal one of our Company's live checks out of the mail, they had real account information, so the check was processed until WE caught it and called our bank, and then they called the depositing bank, etc. Takes longer and increases the odds of someone wiring the scammers the loot.
Steely Dan Posted May 12, 2008 Author Posted May 12, 2008 Right. You get a letter from Joe Blow Lottery, Inc. saying you won $500,000 in a special drawing of the Canadian lotto. To claim it you owe $3000 in taxes, and to help you pay that they enclose a phony check for $3000, hoping you deposit the check and in the following few days (before the check is returned) you wire them the $3000. Because they were able to steal one of our Company's live checks out of the mail, they had real account information, so the check was processed until WE caught it and called our bank, and then they called the depositing bank, etc. Takes longer and increases the odds of someone wiring the scammers the loot. Thanks! There really are some dimwits out there aren't there? People are so blinded by greed that they lose control of common sense. It would seem obvious that any time you have to pay anything to receive a winning you are being scammed but I guess there are a lot greedy schleps to scam. There are a lot of scams I've heard about and they would be too numerous and take too long to discuss but I never cease to be amazed by idiocy.
Just Jack Posted May 12, 2008 Posted May 12, 2008 Because they were able to steal one of our Company's live checks out of the mail, they had real account information, so the check was processed until WE caught it and called our bank, and then they called the depositing bank, etc. I know, why did I watch it, but during one of the first episodes of Celebrity Apprentice they showed one weeks winner with his charity check, and it clearly showed the routing number, account number and check number. I wondered if it was a mock up or a real check.
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