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 Post subject: Re: WALMART money orders
PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:47 pm 
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misscat wrote:
I somewhat feel sympathetic for the victims but not really. Victims- you will not get money for free! if someone tells you that they will give you a cut. percentage or set amount from the amount they're expecting call the police and send them all your evidence! do not try to cash any money orders from them~!


But MANY of the victims would not be "getting money for free" because the money that they are keeping is only the amount that they had an item for sale for. Take our situation . . . we were only keeping the amount that we had the car for sale for . . . nothing more. In a case like that the victim is not "trying to get something for free".

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regardless when someone is sending money in that amount, it becomes very suspicious. it's only common sense.


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I have said it before and I will say it it again . . .

The dumbest thing I ever did was to trust my former bank when they told me that it was "clear" and "good" . . . common sense would say that people who work with various forms of money all day every day would know the proceedures and the warning signs.

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Thanks to this website I didn't get scammed. I called Moneygram right away and found out my 3 $950.00 Money Orders were counterfeit. I was only looking for a roommate. :twisted:

His email addy : schwalkens12@yahoo.com

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Thanks very much for your swift reply, i really appreciate the breakdown details in the mail and i will be so glad if you can reserve the room and remove the advert as i will love to rent the place for my daughter.She will be moving inn by the September 20th or better still on the 1st of October.Let me tell you a little bit about her..

Her name is Sandy and She is 25years old she is 5ft 7inches by height,she didn't drink neither smoke,but she is cool living with people that do,she is loving,honest,caring and trustworthy,she love pets so much, she is quiet and easy going person to live with. just to mention few.I can send her picture to you if you dont mind.

I must confess i'm comfortable with the cost of the room and its quite reasonable and affordable . I will like to secure the room by paying for the first month ahead of her arrival and then i will make subsequent payment thereafter as she is staying for 10 to 12 months there.So please keep the room for her till her arrival.

My mode of payment will be the Most acceptable,easier,safer and reliable means of payment which is United State Certified International money order so please let me know if this mode of payment is ok by you, And if yes pls provide me with the following information to get the payment to you. Your full names as it will appear on the payment, your office address to ensure delivery in your hands through regular mails or a courier service, your phone number on the package to avoid package missing in transit. I will prefer to send to your office address because you will always be available in the office from morning till evening but if you prefer to recieve the payment at your home address,its quite alright as well, But if you don't receive package at your office address then I guess your home address will be good for the delivery. But to avoid any delay of you receiving it at home then I guess office address will be fine, or what do you think ? Kindly get back to me with this required address contact information so that we can proceed, and moreso, if the room furnishied? i am asking this question because she has some furniture that she prefer to move along while coming.

Hope to read from you soon.

Kindest Regards

Mr Christopher


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 Post subject: Re: WALMART money orders
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:23 pm 
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misscat wrote:
Depending on the store policy, each walmart can decide whether to cash the MONEYGRAM WALMART money order AFTER calling the toll free MONEYgram number.

These things dont' get cashed without being called in first guys!

I work for walmart and have seen a lot of these fake money orders come through. Whatever story the customer comes in with, we check with Moneygram to see whether this moneyorder is in good standing. 100% of the time the money order was made out to a different date for a much smaller amount. Scammers are using old moneyorder numbers and the $850 amount to collect money- unsuccessfuly anyway since WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO CALL THE POLICE. *** YOU WILL BE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY REGARDLESS OF WHAT SITUATION YOU ARE IN!*** whether you are aware of it or not you are involved in the scam directly by transporting money!

I strongly advice ALL victims to contact their local police AS SOON AS they get a money order for this amount with money order stub or complete money order- if not, you'll be arrested like many of the victims on this site who complain about their situation.

I somewhat feel sympathetic for the victims but not really. Victims- you will not get money for free! if someone tells you that they will give you a cut. percentage or set amount from the amount they're expecting call the police and send them all your evidence! do not try to cash any money orders from them~!

ONE DEFINITE RED FLAG is anything dealing with nigeria!

I have learned from customers being scammed that the people " from nigeria" are picking up money from different countries.

DO NOT CONTINUE ON WITH CASHING SUSPICIOUS MONEY ORDERS

believe me! you are not helping ANYONE out- you dont' have any relatives of any kind living in some other country that just died and gave you a huge inheritance- that woman you are talking to is not some poor mother trying to cash a check that she is not able to- and you are not going to get any amount of money from some large amount a person claims!

DONT BE STUPID!

for more information to protect yourself from these types of scams and any scams involving MONEYGRAM go to this website! Educate yourself and protect yourself!

http://www.moneygram.com/ConsumerProtec ... C=US&LC=EN


It's not from another country! People in the STATES are doing this. Sending out e-mails you've won the Walmart drawing and then Fed Ex your check to you. Who would suspect this to be a scam with two legit businesses? Don't be so c*cky about it like everyone is out to "rob" and "mob" "Wally World!" Yes that's the first thing on Walmarts mind to arrest innocent people instead of having them sign some type of FRAUD INFO legal paper saying I(fill in the blank) am aware of (fill in blank fraud) and fully understand if I get anymore fake checks to take them directly to my local police department. But NOOOOOO Walmart wants to have innocent people arrested then ask questions. :evil:

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