I can't believe this scam hit so close to home.
A person close to me was offered a high end laptop for a low price through someone they had worked with for years. Because they felt they knew the person, they felt safe.
Now the questions asked to the person who took them up on the deal was:
Are you sure this is legal?
Doesn't this sound too good to be true?
Could these computers be stolen?
Because of the personal connection, this person felt safe and went through with the deal and decided to purchase 2 computers.
The computers were delivered and cash exchanged hands. Dummy computers where in the box. $1000.00 was lost.
How could this happen?
1. The deal was too good to be true.
2. Friend of friends, are not necessarily trustworthy.
3. Money exchanged hands before the unit was opened and powered on. The scammer make it a point to drop off the units when they knew the victim would be rushed and so they could drop it off and run.
4. Even if it was a good deal, this was not the honest and legal way to purchase a NEW computer. Even if they received the computers they expected the chance of it being stolen was very HIGH. Morally, the deal should have been turned down, and none of this would have happened.
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