CherryPie

There was an alert on the news tonight stating that "gypsies" are showing up in one particular county in OK. They're going door-to-door asking people if they need any repairs done. Of course, they're asking for money upfront so they can get supplies to do the repairs. That's the last anyone sees of them including their money. It's tradgic that people go around scamming because they know that people here in America are giving people. Just beware!!!

vjjo743

My daughter sells Avon and has a webiste. She got an email from a person wanting to order $200.00 worth of products and would send a money order or check to her. The email was polite and had a lot of grammatical errors and typos. I told her it sounded suspicious. She got a second email saying they had a secretary send her a check, but she was in the hospital and had a car wreck, but the check was for a lot more than the $200.00, she quoted some Bible verses hoping she could trust us to return the extra money (Ha). We had our address on the email, mistake, has since taken it off email. They FedXed the check to us for $1900.00. Wanted us to deposit in the bank and then send the rest of the money to her daughter Western Union for her wedding. I was trying to get someone to help us with this scam, maybe catch them, so I continued to play a long. Next email we got was telling us she had just returned from her brothers' burial and by the way she said she was also deaf. We took the check to the bank and they looked it over and it was a fraud, account numbers did not match on check. The scamer even called us on the phone wanting the money sent, they were getting very aggressive, not so polite anymore. I told them we took the check to the bank and it was not a good check and was being sent back to their financial institution. Never heard from them again. So Wells Fargo is investigating them.

gramma nancy

A friend reported a similar scam from her "favorite nephew". She played along but when they called back to see if she had sent the money, she said she wasn't going to, she had talked with each of her nephews and they were fine. The caller grew very hostile, calling her a "whore" and worse and said "we know where you live." Very scary.

Be careful if you decide to play with them. Nothing happened to her (they're probably in Albania or somewhere), but you never know.

Does anyone know who you are supposed to call if this happens? The FBI? Your state attorney general's office? Who?

IBQLTN

My boss has an investment property in Flagler Beach which we advertise on Craigs List. I get e-mails all the time asking to reserve a date which is very soon (usually no more than a week away) and stating they are arriving from the UK but their agent "in the states" will send us a check and all they need is my name, number, address, home phone number and cell phone number which I don't provide in my reply emphasizing that we don't take checks. Then they e-mail back saying their company was paying for this and had made a mistake and sent us a check that included their "travel money" and would we please send them the money. I have a standard reply that states we will ONLY accept credit cards with less than 30 days notice due to fraudulent checks and scams but still giving them the benefit of a doubt. I rarely hear back from them!

MissSandra

Oh I recieved one of those calls I had to laugh, it was a man and said this is your grandson I only have grand daughters lol....

vjjo743

I would think if I had sent a check to someone for several thousand dollars by mistake I would be putting a stop payment on the check, not asking the person to mail the rest of the money, sure fire scam. Also, I guess sending the check through FEDX is not a federal crime, it didn't go through the US mail.

ptquilts

You can report any internet fraud to the internet crime complaint center.

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

craftymatt2

I sure do hate to hear stuff like this, people can be so cruel, to pray on people like this and scare them half to death.

MissTreated

I got an email claiming a person I knew (from her email no less!) claiming she was robbed in Europe while on vacation. And, she could not come home because the hotel would not let her out without payment. Please wire money to....
I emailed her back and told her she had a hacker on her email. Never heard anything more...

Ruby the Quilter

This happened to a friend's mil and she wired $3,000 - even after her son said wait and let me check on the grandson. So sad!