Don't fall for this one.

My neighbor is retired and on fixed income and fell victim to the check cashing scam.

The email contained a bunch of baloney about how the business they own saves money on taxes and fees by having outsiders cash checks for them, even with a 10% "reward" for the person that cashes the check.

You deduct 10% as your "salary" and then wire the rest of the money to them by Western Union.

They went so far as to even create a fake website.

A bad check may actually be cleared by your bank, and then come back anywhere from a month or two later, and now my neighbor is responsible for replacing the entire amount of the check plus any interest and penalties.

I feel sorry for her, but how could she possibly think anybody could benefit by giving up 10% to have a check cashed ???

I told her to feel free to ask me for advice before doing any further business deals offered via email.

If it looks too good to be true...

Tragedy...

technology can be a pain.

The old and the frail are always the targets......

might have just needed a few hundy for some medicine.

No, make no mistake, its not the weak and frail, its the naive and gullable.

Weakness and frailty can lead to gullibility and naivety. When your down to your last dime sometimes too good to be true is worth trying.

The old should not be punished for trying to survive.

But you can think what you like.

"No, make no mistake, its not the weak and frail, its the naive and gullable."

Okay, so now we are talking about cheesing obama's followers, huh.

JonR

duh, 419 scam. Anyone who falls for this deserves what they get. It's been around for decades.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud 

Anyone who falls for this scam ...or any scam like that should just wear his underwear on the outside of his pants.

I'll never get scammed. I'm too smart. Oh, BTW, I'm not bragging, but I'm about to be a very rich person. My uncle Indugoo, whom I've never met, (that seems a little strange) anyway, he's about to send me $5,000,000 USD for helping him get the national treasury of the island nation of West Nukalofa Puta out of the country before they are taken over by warlords.

I've sent him the $5000 he requested, and now all I have to do is wait. Kinda funny though, I sent the money to a guy in Nigeria who he said is handling the transcaction for us. It should be any day now I get the $5 mil.

It's been six months.

I wonder what could be taking so long??????

Oh well, when I get it, I'll buy a bunch of cigars. Good ones too. Like Puros Indios. And Mr. B's. The best!!!

My momma always said, "stupid is as stupid does".

its not the weak and frail,

its not the naive and gullible

it's pure american greed.

Who writes checks anymore?