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| Author: | sg [ Mon May 23, 2005 4:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I've been scammed I need advice |
I cashed a money order and sent about half of it out to belgium. I know that's gone. I just got to accept that. I talked to my bank today and they told me the money order was my resposibility. They also said that it's over. nothing else will happen like credit rating or legal action. They marked my account as Money Order Scam Victim. I have been reading this baord all weekend. My lawyer told me yesterday not to inform the police until I heard back from the bank. Now that I heard from the bank, is it even worth reporting? please respond. |
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| Author: | KarynSolo [ Mon May 23, 2005 9:43 pm ] |
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sg that is amazing what bank do you deal with? kudos to the bank for actually doing the right thing and realizing that you are a victim, most do not do that and hold you responsible for the whole amount and threaten you if you do not make payment arrangements. |
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| Author: | sg [ Mon May 23, 2005 10:23 pm ] |
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I have had an account at this bank for about 15 years. Since High School. It's bank of america now but the same people have been there for years. anyway they did tell me I was responsible for the cash and they deducted it from my account. Yeah they didn't let me get away without hurting. Luckly I only was scammed for half of what the money order was for. I never sent the other half. What I want to know is, what will the local police do? What I have resarched so far is... not much. Am I right thinking this? Should I even bother? As far as the bank in concerned they said, It's over. Too bad so sad, we understand but there is nothing we can do. There will be no legal action taken towards you but you are still out the money you sent. Same goes for Western Union. It sucks cuz I just got married and just bought a house and I don't have much cash the way it is. I only wish I found this site before I sent the money. I guess I didn't research these scams deep enough cuz I never even imagined a money order scam like this... I guess that's why I fell for it. I am finally getting over feeling stupid and violated. hopefully I can finally get some sleep tonight. |
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| Author: | terriot1@yahoo.com [ Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I was a fool also! |
I was scammed by postal money orders with $3500.00 from my bank account sent back to Nigeria (of all places). I had never in my wildest dreams imagined such a thing as counterfeit postal money orders. Guess that shows how naive I am. Does anyone know of any authority that can actually do anything about this? I have reported to my local police but have NO faith in anything happening from that. My only prayer is to prevent this from happening to others. |
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| Author: | KarynSolo [ Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:44 pm ] |
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terriot do not feel naive you are farthest from that, some of these fakes are even too good for a postal worker to spot, I have seen it happen where a victim will take it to the post office to verify its real and be told by a worker that it is legit only to come back fake later. You cannot always tell even with good due dilligence. Yu had no way of telling just like many others. |
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| Author: | admin [ Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:40 pm ] |
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If you are a victim of this scam, write a letter/summary of what happened to you (you can view mine at http://scamvictimsunited.com/our_story.htm ) Then go to http://scamvictimsunited.com/resources_ ... _check.htm and send that letter to every place on that list. I would also suggest sending that letter to the media to try and get even more attention to this scam and your case. |
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