have you ever received emails regarding money that will be wired to you from out of state?

Question

i've ignored these emails theres one that i almost went to jail for .First i'm looking on the net for work from home website then later i received an email that it was company in london that needed an bookeeper to accepts payments ffrom their here in U.S then iwas to recieve clients payments by money order then cash them or deposit in my bank after deducting my 14% plus transfer fee then wire them the rest through Western Union. As curious and surprise i received the payments by money orders and tried cashing it at check cashing place they almost called the police because it was COUNTERFEIT boy was i embarrassed and explained everything and i got there was no number to contact them it was only through email but they never responded so how would try contacting or who else can i tellZ?

Answer 1

Never EVER, give one iota of credibilty to the hundreds of thousands of phishing scams attacking us on a daily basis.

All they're looking for is a few bits of info (banks, address, S.S.# etc.)

Believe me, there is not one, (ZERO NADA NIL NOUGHT ZILCH) South African/Mediterranean/Jordanian or Egyptian royal in need of filtering money thru the states via some 3rd party they've never met.

When in doubt visit the "inboxer rebellion" forum at Snopes:
http://snopes.com/inboxer/inboxer.asp

NO ONE will send you money for simply clicking a link, or forwarding a chain letter. Not Bill Gates, not the Coca'Cola Co., and definitely not Disney, AOL or Old Navy.

Penny Brown, Kelsey Brooke Jones, Shawn Hornbeck, Chyanne Josephine, are NOT missing.,
It would do no good to send them money.

Nor is there a Russian boy named Sergei, that needs your money. Or girl named Rachel Arlington, in need of an operation her parents can't afford..
And Suzanne Cramsey doesn't need medical and financial assistance to treat her rare spider bite.

~M.N. (having snopes.com bookmarked to my desktop)

Answer 2

Never open an email unless you know the person or institution - delete them as soon as possible. I have been reading about the counterfeit checks and money orders and people in the US are getting ripped off. There is also a telephone scam coming from out of state, telling you relatives are ill and one call cost you over $2,000. Do not trust unless you know the person or institution.

Answer 3

Oh How Scary !! In the future you need to call or search the net for the Business Bureau. There are so many scams out there. I got one from Fla. one time and I sent a e-mail to the Govenors Office and told them what was going on. They e-mailed me back and Thanked me and they told me they knew of this and was trying to catch this person. I just wanted other people to be aware.

Answer 4

Be very careful of these. The most famous of these are the Nigerian scams. Some of the scammed people were killed because the con artists claimed they wanted to meet them in person. Forward all types of emails like this to the Fraud unit for the FBI.

Here are two sites to go to read up on more about these types of scams:

http://www.scambusters.org/ = Good insights here!
http://www.ftc.gov/index.html

Good luck!

Answer 5

I am sorry about that, and I do not know who to tell except the police and let them investigate from there if they want to. I just want to thank you for this question tho. I have received the same e-mail. Be careful out there is all I can say.