[TheForge] Interesting scam

[GHS]

Once the check comes it becomes postal fraud.
If the culprit really is in nigeria that does no good, but if he has an 
"agent" somewhere in the states it could get interesting.

At least it is a hook to hang your hat on.

Mike Graf

Pwwhitley at aol.com wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 10/20/2004 3:54:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
> PlumDon at aol.com writes:
> 
> Anyone  know what the details of the scheme are? How does it work.  
> 
> 
> 
> Don...I got the same offer for a boat.  If your friend agrees, cashes  the 
> check and wires the balance to the recipient, when the check bounces your  
> friend will be stuck having to pay the full amount of the check + charges.
>  
> I called the FBI on my offer and they said, essentially, a sucker is  born 
> every minute and there is nothing they can do since the transaction is  foreign. 
>  Interpol might listen, but probably not closely.
>  
> I let my transaction go until the check came, then called it off.
>  
> Philip Whitley
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