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2005-11-16 15:07:55 -
hello..i have been conversing with an individual from myspace named antonio. He sent me 4 money orders each for $950. I have deposited them in my account. I need to know what to do. Do i contact my bank and let them know that i am being scammed. i really should have checked into them before i deposited them....any help would be appreciated.


2005-11-16 09:15:56 -
Hello
I just recived three money orders from a person wanting to buy my kittens the money orders were from Wal* Mart Financial Services for $1000.00 each i had them checked and they are countor fit payable though WF National BankSouth Central Faribault, MN if anyone has any info please contact me asap I would like to put these people behind bars for good i have an e- mail address from [email protected] please let me no anything you can tell me

Thanks Julia


2005-11-16 00:58:03 -
THIS PERSON FOUND ME ON ROOMMATECLICK.COM AND WAS INTERESTED IN SUBLETTING MY PLACE..THEY SENT ME TWO MONEY GRAMS EACH $2500 AND SAID THY WERE ROM THAILAND...THEY WANTED ME TO DEDUCT THE RENT AND SEND THE REST BACK TO THEM FOR THEIR TRAVLEING EXPENSES, THEY WERE WALMART MONEY ORDERS WHICH I CHECKED OUT AND THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN CASHED AND THEY WERE COPIED...I'M JUST GLAD I CHECK IT OUT BEFORE I DEPOSTIED THEM INT MY BANK...THE MONEY ORDES ARE PAYBLE THRU WF NATIONAL BANK SOUTH CENTRAL...I WISH THIS PERSON COULD BE CAUGHT B/C I SEE ALOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS SITE WITH GREAT SIMILARITIES TO MY PERSON...I ALSO HAVE QUTIE A BIT OF INFO ON THE PERSON AND THEY DO NOT KNOW I KNOW ABOUT THEM NOT BEING REAL AND ARE EXPECTING ME TO SEND THEM THE MONEY THIS WEEK. I THNK THEY COULD BE CAUGHT IF I NEW WHO TO CONTACT...ANY HELP???


2005-11-15 20:50:10 -
I received 2 Walmart Financial Services money orders issued by Travelers Express Company, payable through WF Natioanl Bank South Central, Faribault, MN. The money orders were for $1200.00 each from someone in Nigeria delivered via UPS from a party in Casco, ME. Please tell me the status of these money orders as I believe they are fraudulent. The purchaser's signatures on the money ordres are illegible. They are hand written pay to the order of me, Dana Jabush. The routing numnber on the money orders are 091900533 account number 543 92947974. I obtained the phone number for Travelers Express Money orders by searching on the web, 800-542-3590. The person that sent me the money orders is Sharon Lizbeth, Yahoo email address, [email protected]. The person who sent the UPS was Spencer Allwell, 45 Camp Cedar Rd., Casco, ME 04015.


2005-11-15 17:44:31 -
TO EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED ANY MONEY ORDERS:

Before even attempting to cash a money order or cashiers check you got from someone you don't know, CALL THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION (if you can't go over there) whose name is on the check/money order and ask them to check whether it is good or counterfit. More than likely it will be counterfit, but sometimes the person sending you the money order/check will try to get you hooked and the first one will be real and the next one will be counterfit. If it's real, it's up to you - you can cash it and send them the money, or you can scam the scammer and keep the money to yourself. =)

P.S. If you try to cash a counterfit check/money order, they (the bank) can and probably will call the cops and they can arrest you on the spot. They will end up letting you go after you explain the situation and show them evidence you have (emails, letters, etc you exchanged with this scammer), but by calling first and checking you can save yourself from the humiliation.


2005-11-15 13:33:45 -
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE I GOT GUYS. I SORTED FELL FOR IT.

DEAR SIR OR MADDAM

Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly ?

J & T Fabrics LIMITED needs a book-keeper in the state,so i want to know if
you will like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving
or affecting your present job?

It's just that i presently run a textile and fabrics firm i inherited from
my late Dad in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a
representative/book keeper in the states.

My company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and
traditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the states.
My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders
which are not readily cashable outside the United States, So we need someone
in the States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the
payments from our clients and i will pay him weekly salary.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES
GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE
BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in ur
bank deduct your weekly salary and foward the balance to the company via
western union money transfer.

SO ALL I NEED IS TO FOWARD YOUR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES
AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS IN FORM OF MONEY ORDERS, THEN SEND IT TO YOU VIA
MAIL OR COURIER.

I will need your Full name, Residential Address and Phone Number so we can
foward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as the
company's representative in the states.

I WILL EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE TO
REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INDETIFICATION
ATTACHEDTO IT.

AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I
WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN UNION
MONEYTRANSFER.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

Warmest Regards,

John Thomas.




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2005-11-14 17:32:57 -
I am a Police Officer for Skowhegan Police Department and wondering about the walmart money order scams. I just received a case with Skowhegan Savings Bank with 3 fraud money orders copied using walmart name. Please send some information concerning these items. Thank You

Officer Hooper


2005-11-14 14:04:51 -
i have just receive four money orders in the amount of $1,500.00 each from a man who wants to buy my truck. i took his money orders to my bank to see if they were good and they have told me not to use them because of fraud they are not in the travelers express moneygram computer as every being purchased. what should i do with this money orders since they have my name on them?


2005-11-14 09:36:26 -
Received 10 $950.00 money orders via FedEx On Friday November 11, 2005==what do I do with them if this is illegal or they are stolen?
The name of the purchaser is not legible to read. They are from Wal*Mart Financial Services payable through the Well Fargo National Bank South Central Fairbault, MN.

I was told that I would be doing invoicing and billing for the L&N Fabric and Textiles company.

Give me some direction.

Melinda


2005-11-12 15:08:53 -
i had an add on match.com and a guy who said his name was johnson philip from canton oh contacted me. he said he was a single dad, his wife having died in an accident. he said he worked for a construction company and traveled out of the country for them, currently in nigeria building an estate. we emailed each other and chatted on line, he was to come back to the states end of november and we were going to get together. his email is [email protected]. he asked me to cash some money orders for him and wire the money back via western union because he could not cash them in nigeria and he was running out of cash. i reluctantly agreed to do it. the orders came through ups from oklahoma, he said he had given them, to a friend who came to the states and the friend ups'ed them to me. i went to my bank the cash them for him and was arrested for trying to cash counterfied money orders. i was led out of my bank in handcuffs. i spent the afternoon telling an officer just how pathetic i am, to fall for this. but i told the police everything and so far they believe me. i had saved all emails and text messages and printed them out for the police. that was two days ago, since then i have had countless emails, text messages and phone calls from this guy. he even started to call my home phone and i never gave him that number. first he was being concerned and then he became threatening. my bank froze my account and i feel ashamed to go back there and try to get them to open it up. i don't even know if they will. i think i'll forget about men and get a dog instead.


2005-11-11 19:09:05 -
Oh, here's another funny story. I got another email from someone trying to scam me few weeks ago. I ran his IP address and replied back with the info I got. I told him that I'm about to report him to his ISP (internet service provider), and let's see how long it takes before he ends up in jail. You know what he did? He actually had the balls to reply back and say "That only works in the US" and put a smiley face next to it. (The IP address was traced to somewhere in Middle East). Can you imagine the nerve of this guy?! Anyway, there are a few sites where you can report this kind of stuff, as well as an FBI fraud site. I sent him links to those sites and said I reported him, and I haven't heard from him since.


2005-11-11 18:53:02 -
was contacted by the same Susan Art World, as well as about 10 other people in the last week. I know they are all scams, but I'm just playing along until I receive the checks. I guess I'm trying to scam the scammer. If they are outside the US, the cops can't do nothing to them. But she said the checks will be coming from the US. If they really do come from the US, you can take them to the police and they can prosecute. Also, sometimes these people take their time. They want to get you hooked and they send you a check that isn't for more than maybe a couple of thousand dollars. The check turns out to be good, so you cash it and send the person the money. Since now you trust that this person is not trying to scam you (since the 1st check was good), they send you another check for about twice the amount. This time you cash the check, send the person the money, and then it turns out that this time the check wasn't good.


2005-11-11 14:33:48 -
I am really concerned of money orders that I have received. How can you tell if they are a fake? Rod


2005-11-09 13:19:18 -
walmart money orders have a heat sensitive circle that changes color to the touch.it can't be faked.its to the lower right and will have some tiny numbers in the circle.hold your finger over it and it will change


2005-11-08 17:02:19 - Rosa Rios Valdez
James Smith purchaser of MoneyGram Travelers Express is fraud. Do not accept these money orders.


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