An increasing number of advance-fee fraud is for the con scammer to answer an ad for products and services. The scammers will offer to send a bank draft to cover the cost of the item for sale or the service. The bank draft arrives with a large surplus, the victim is asked to cash the check and Western Union the surplus.
Suppliers of services can be out of pockets for tens of thousands of dollars and sellers of products are stuck with the product and a large amount of money they lost in transferring funds via Western Union. Always ask for a phone number and make sure you contact the purchaser of services by phone to verify their identity; that's the one Achilles heels the scammers have - they have to remain anonymous.
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