First of all, wiring money is an outdated mode of sending money. Criminals scam people into wiring money because once it's sent... it's gone. If someone calls you in dire need of money, for whatever reason, refuse to wire it. Send it via another means... after you have determined it is them.
My deal with this is that the money wiring companies will work to fight the scammers if people refuse to use them until they do.
Here's the latest scam:
"Joe Patton was taking an afternoon nap at his Columbus-area home earlier this year when he received a frantic phone call.
The person on the other end of the line claimed to be his grandnephew, who had been to town not too long before visiting Ohio State University. The caller said he had been arrested in Texas for drunken driving and needed thousands of dollars to get out of jail.
Forty-five minutes later, Patton managed to wire more than $6,000 to someone he didn't know. It wasn't until the next day Patton realized he was the victim of a telephone scam."
read more: http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/5093174
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1 comments:
dont easilly trust people who calls and never send money wire transfers... consumer complaint sites like callercenter.com are littered with hundreds of complaints about scammers that use the same trick.. sending money this way ensures that you will never see it again and that no one will prosecute the scammers, it's the oldest trick in the book. About time people smarten up!
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