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Mesa Police Department Cons, Frauds & Scams
Nigerian Letter Scam
Another twist has been added to the Nigerian money scam. The con artists
send a letter, fax or e-mail to victims claiming they have millions of
dollars to get out of their country. They ask the victim to give them
their bank information so they can deposit the money into their account
to get the money out of the country, and in turn the victim will receive
a percentage of the money. The new twist is that the con artists are
sending checks as an advance and telling the victims to wire most of it
back to cover expenses to transfer the rest of the money. The check then
bounces, the crooks get the money and the victims are left owing the
money to their banks. This same scheme is used in fraudulent
sweepstakes.
One version of the Nigerian letter scam is from a
woman who claims her husband was killed in the September 11 attack
leaving her with millions of dollars that must be deposited in a
U.S.-based bank account. She promises a good sum of money for helping
her.
Be very
careful of e-mails, faxes or letters you receive with this type of information
-- it's one of the oldest scams around.
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