Major Cheats on the Internet That Cost You More Than Money
There is nothing worse than being ripped off.
You feel like an idiot and the feeling of being a victim of a crime, any crime, is too much to bear.
There are some major scams online that will cost you more than money.
There are a few that will end up with you being charged and facing jail time.
We can all relate to those who fall for a scam in the hopes of becoming rich overnight.
The money scams are all different and many can appear to be real deals of a lifetime.
It is hard to determine what online scams will cost us a few bucks and which ones are major scams that could cost us our freedom.
One of the major scams that have ended with innocent people facing jail time is the overseas transfer scam.
You will be approached by someone overseas who is trying to avoid huge fees and penalties that their country will charge for inheritance or other types of income.
They ask you for help.
The deal is they will send you the $30,000 and you keep $10,000 for yourself and send the other $20,000 back in a US money order.
You may agree thinking it is a scam and no money will be sent.
When a money order or cashier's check arrives for the amount you almost break your neck getting to the bank.
You deposit the money order and the funds become available, all looks well.
You send the $20,000 to the person as asked because you are an honest person and keep the $10,000 for yourself.
In a week or so after you have already sent the money your nightmare begins.
The bank informs you the money order was falsified or stolen and the funds need to be replaced, by you! Now you may have the $10,000 that you kept but you already sent away $20,000.
By this time, since you sent the money order over night as requested it has been cashed and the person you helped is nowhere to be found.
The mail address will have been deleted and you are stuck with the mess.
These major scams have ended in jail time for some who were unable to repay the amount owed to the bank.
You feel like an idiot and the feeling of being a victim of a crime, any crime, is too much to bear.
There are some major scams online that will cost you more than money.
There are a few that will end up with you being charged and facing jail time.
We can all relate to those who fall for a scam in the hopes of becoming rich overnight.
The money scams are all different and many can appear to be real deals of a lifetime.
It is hard to determine what online scams will cost us a few bucks and which ones are major scams that could cost us our freedom.
One of the major scams that have ended with innocent people facing jail time is the overseas transfer scam.
You will be approached by someone overseas who is trying to avoid huge fees and penalties that their country will charge for inheritance or other types of income.
They ask you for help.
The deal is they will send you the $30,000 and you keep $10,000 for yourself and send the other $20,000 back in a US money order.
You may agree thinking it is a scam and no money will be sent.
When a money order or cashier's check arrives for the amount you almost break your neck getting to the bank.
You deposit the money order and the funds become available, all looks well.
You send the $20,000 to the person as asked because you are an honest person and keep the $10,000 for yourself.
In a week or so after you have already sent the money your nightmare begins.
The bank informs you the money order was falsified or stolen and the funds need to be replaced, by you! Now you may have the $10,000 that you kept but you already sent away $20,000.
By this time, since you sent the money order over night as requested it has been cashed and the person you helped is nowhere to be found.
The mail address will have been deleted and you are stuck with the mess.
These major scams have ended in jail time for some who were unable to repay the amount owed to the bank.