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2008-10-10
, 08:15
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Western Union is always a scam.
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Ryan Abel
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2008-10-10
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This is probably a scam. This is how I think it's done: You charge $80 for the book, they send you a money order for say $200. You cash it in and take your money for the book. You then hand the "additional cash" and the book to the person showing up at yours. Later when the bank tries to process this money order, it is discovered as a fake. So you have lost your book and $200.
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2008-10-10
, 09:48
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Yep,
Scam. Nothing wrong with Western Union by the way (apart from the fees). I've sold some stuff on eBay and someone from outside the UK wanted me to ship to them (even though I said UK only).
They offered to pay by Western Union. I went to an agent got paid in Cash (it was a couple of hundred pounds I think).
Can't really scam cash...
Problem is, they arn't paying you by western union. They just want you to send them payment by it (so you can't scam them
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Just them you don't trust money orders and ask them if they could pay by Western Union instead and you would send them the excess payment back the same way.
Bet you don't hear from them again.
Zuber (Ex N810 owner)
Last edited by Zuber; 2008-10-10 at 09:51.
Scam. Nothing wrong with Western Union by the way (apart from the fees). I've sold some stuff on eBay and someone from outside the UK wanted me to ship to them (even though I said UK only).
They offered to pay by Western Union. I went to an agent got paid in Cash (it was a couple of hundred pounds I think).
Can't really scam cash...
Problem is, they arn't paying you by western union. They just want you to send them payment by it (so you can't scam them
)Just them you don't trust money orders and ask them if they could pay by Western Union instead and you would send them the excess payment back the same way.
Bet you don't hear from them again.
Zuber (Ex N810 owner)
Last edited by Zuber; 2008-10-10 at 09:51.
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2008-10-10
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@ Netherlands
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Yup. Go Google and look up "Western Union money order" and you'll see.
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2008-10-10
, 10:26
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Interesting.
So I take it this is differnet (a money order) to what I had.
I literally went to a shop with a Western Union logo and gave them a reference number, proof of identity and they just handed over some real bank notes.
I think they said that for larger sums, they would issue a cheque. Since the cheque would be from the western union agent, I can't see how they could scam you...
Sounds like what you are talking about are "Fake" money orders ?
Zuber
So I take it this is differnet (a money order) to what I had.
I literally went to a shop with a Western Union logo and gave them a reference number, proof of identity and they just handed over some real bank notes.
I think they said that for larger sums, they would issue a cheque. Since the cheque would be from the western union agent, I can't see how they could scam you...
Sounds like what you are talking about are "Fake" money orders ?
Zuber
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2008-10-10
, 11:28
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@ Buenos Aires, Argentina
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2008-10-10
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@ Santiago, Chile
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Never send/recieve money orders from a stranger. Money orders are for sending money to your family, not for deals where you need a way to retrieve the money if something happens, and it makes you vulnerable to a series of scams.
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2008-10-10
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@ Friday Harbor, WA, USA
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Agreed.... I am a western union agent, and I can tell you that we get training to avoid a huge list of scams.....
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n810, dual boot flash and microsd 8gig, (yay! autoscroll on liqbase!!,) former palm freak / tech geek turned tablet lover
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2008-10-10
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Scammers (and legitimate people) use Western Union because it doesn't have Paypal's feature of "if you're not happy, we'll refund the money." So, you get a bad money order. You deposit it and think you have money. You use Western Union to send off the left-overs to the scammer and ship your book. A few days later, the bank discovers you deposited a fraudulent money order and removes the deposited amount from your account. You can't "repeal" the Western Union transaction and you can't call back your package. Scammer has book and money, and you have squat.
Wester Union is used as a scam by SELLERS. You, as the victim buyer, wires them money....and they send you squat. Now you have to go to the police.
- Jim
Wester Union is used as a scam by SELLERS. You, as the victim buyer, wires them money....and they send you squat. Now you have to go to the police.
- Jim
So how does this scam work. And better yet, what's a creative way to scam the scammer?