JudyLynn Wrote:
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> The "Mystery Shopper" from Timothy White is a
> scam. The USPS money order that you will receive
> is counterfeit. They tell you to deposit it, take
> your cut and go to a Western Union office to
> "shop" them by buying a money order and mailing to
> someone else. In the meantime, the money order
> will not clear and you will be out that money and
> any fees from bounced checks.
>
> What I don't understand is how these scammers are
> getting away with making counterfeit money orders
> and no one is doing anything about it. I sent
> them to USPS task force and never heard from them.
> More and more people are getting scammed and law
> enforcement does nothing. This includes the FBI.
>
> If you receive one of these e-mails, send a copy
> to the Attorney General in your state and the
> state where the name is coming from with a letter.
There are millions of dollars scammed from innocent victims. The authorities here are inundated with fake checks, money orders and complaints by citizens.
The MAIN reason the scammers go un-punished, is that the criminals work in foreign countries, and what may be illegal here, is a piece of cake there. It is hard for U.S. to prosecute in the legal mumbo-jumbo over there.
Scammers have found a way to steal millions upon millions of dollars. They are not going to give up their gravy train that easy....They will define and sharpen their emails and checks to continue to fool victims. They only need ONE person to be gulliable enough to send money to a stranger, 1000's of miles away.
There are romance scammers that steal the photos of others and cut and paste from regular users their bios and profiles. But as SOON as you write to them, you see how utterly stupid and uneducated most of the scammers are. They don't work for a living, they are losers who steal from others.