ConsumerMan: Fake check scams spread

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Wed, 05/27/2009 - 16:04

To a con artist, cash is king. International scammers have developed a deviously clever way to trick people intosending them cash.

The crooks mail out counterfeit checks or money orders and come up with a creative story to get their victims to wire back thousands of dollars.


 

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