News: Fake Checks are a Multi-Billion Dollar Business
According to a Reuters report, "an international crackdown on Internet financial scams this year has yielded more than $2.1 billion in seized fake checks and 77 arrests in the Netherlands, Nigeria and Canada." This is one of the possible frauds behind the "money mule" job scams I report at Suckers Wanted.
2 comments:
Hello,
I recently did an interview/podcast with a lady who figured out what the advance fee loan scammers were doing and got her money back.
http://www.canadian-money-advisor.ca/archives/2007/10/sherri+almost+gets+scammed+by+advance+fee+loan+scam.html
Also, I did another interview/podcast with a fellow who was scammed out of $2000 with an advance fee loan scam.
http://www.canadian-money-advisor.ca/archives/2007/10/kenworth73+talks+about+getting+scammed+Out+of+2+000.html
These are very interesting as they tell more of a story than what we can write in blog posts.!!
Also, fakechecks.org was just launched and is a good source!
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