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Scam

I got a letter in the mail yesterday postmarked from Canada and with no return address.  *fishy*  In the envelope was a money order for $3700 which is supposedly a portion of my winnings from some sweepstake that I won for $37,000.  The money is to pay for taxes on the winnings.  The letter instructed me to deposit the money order and wire X amount of dollars to some place to pay the taxes.  After that I would get the remaining $30,000. 

SCAM!  I tore that sh!t up right away.  A former co-worker of mine fell for it and lost a few thousand $'s in the process.  The money order is a fake and will not go through but you don't find that out for a few days in which time the stupid scammers hope you wire them some $ before the bank rejects the check. 

I looked up the scam and it turns out it is targeting new homebuyers.  The letter and check was addresses to me with my middle initial noted as well.  The only time I used my middle initial to was when buying the house. 

Stupid scam.  Glad I knew what it was up front.

CRAFTY ME 

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Re: Scam

  • Yeah that happened to a friend with an ebay transaction.  He didn't catch it, but the bank did and held the cashier's check.  He was lucky, he would have lost thousands also.  I hate all these scams!  Its horrible!
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  • It's good you did not fall for it.  I've heard in the news of others who fell for those kinds of scam and lost thousands.
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