A friend got caught up with one and lost thousands.
The police wouldn't touch it because it was international. Some sort of money laundering scheme.
The banks were no help - they said that if it sounds too good to be true, then it is.
So, if someone asks for your bank details "in order to pay you money", then all I can suggest is that you open up a new account so they can't empty your regular account. Make sure it doesn't have an overdraft facility. Also never give your home address if you can avoid it.
Evidently the way this scam worked was that the "agent" took a commission on payments which were forwarded by Western Union to an email address.
Everyone knows the saying "buyer beware". In the current economic climate there will be many who need to follow the saying "employee? - beware".
Alison
posted 26 days ago
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