The newest scam is that many scammers are overnighting checks into the financial institutions themselves and telling the victims they have wired in money. Everybody knows that wired in money is good money, and they proceed from there and acually Western Union money out to the scammers. The counterfeit is then returned and charged back to the victims account, if you have someone purporting to wire money to your account, contact your bank and ask what the deposit really is........VERY IMPORTANT!
How do the scammers have the bank info you might ask? The victims provide it to them in anticipation of a large wire, I have seen checks for as much as $300,000 mailed into banks for deposit.
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