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Scam Victims United was formed after the founders, Shawn and Jeff Mosch, became victims of a Nigerian counterfeit cashier’s check scam.  In their search for support, resources and assistance for victims of this crime, they found that there was no such assistance available.

Once the Mosch’s started sharing their story with others through the Internet and news media, they began to find other victims of this same scam across the country.  The growing number of victims who wanted to share their stories that prompted the Mosch’s to create an online message group and a homepage to tell their story.

While all of this made the Mosch’s very pleased with all that they had accomplished so far, it also made them realize that so much more could be done.  It was through the support and encouragement of friends, family, other victims and government officials that the Mosch’s realized that by making Scam Victims United a nonprofit organization they could open the doors to so many more resources and help to save and warn an even larger number of people.

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Some of the work that Scam Victims United has already done, and plans to do in the future, includes

  • Bringing this story to the media as a way to warn large numbers of people quickly
  • Contacting websites, such as car selling websites, and asking them to post warnings and alerts about this scam on their site to warn the people that use their site
  • Offering support and assistance to victims
  • Working with government officials to find ways to improve customer protection laws in relation to banking
  • Working with Western Union to increase their awareness about this scam and enlist their help in warning their customers
  • Creating a website with a listing of resources for victims
  • Creating a message group as a place for victims to talk freely without fear of blame or judgment
  • Working with the state’s Attorney General’s office to bring attention to this scam

While our beginning focus is the Nigerian Counterfeit Cashier’s Check scam, we would like to see Scam Victims United grow to be a means of support and assistance for victims of all scams.