How can I know if what they're telling me is a Scam?

Question

I've been getting emails from people in the UK or China saying they want me to be their US represenative. They'll send 3,000 dollars worth of Money orders which of I get 10% all I have to do Is go to the bank cash the Money Orders get my percentage and then send the rest via Western Union. Is this a scam? Are the money orders Fake? How can I find out?

Answer 1

As a general rule - ANYTHING involving Werstern Union = Scam.

Are you emiinently qualified to be a US representative - if not, then clearly something odd is afoot.

The basic scam works like this, they send you a cheque - you cash it and send them the balance - then the bank tells you that the cheques are fake / fradulent / already cashed! (copies) and you are then out of pocket to the tune of 90%

NOBODY pays out 10% for effectively nothing at all. Life is not quite that surreal.

Mark

Answer 2

How can anyone still be falling for this? There are news stories all over the web screaming that this is a scam. I have seen it in the newspapers, I have read about it in magazines, I have even seen it on the evening news. You really need to do more reading and pay more attention to the news.

What would be a good idea is to go to wikipedia and research scams. Look up each one they list and read up on them. Here is a starting point for you.

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

Answer 3

It's generally a scam, but you can make use of it. The money orders are typically fake, but take a while to bounce, but your Western Union remittance is real and you don't realize that you have been diddled for a few days. Solution: deposit all such money orders "subject to collection." That means that you don't actually have the money in your account until the bank actually collects the funds, and then you can forward the percentage if you choose to do so.

Answer 4

This sounds like a huge scam to me. Money orders are so easy to fake. Never do this. Go with your gut. If something is too good to be true, then it usually is. Run the other way as fast as you can & BLOCK these people from your email. Do NOT reply to them.

Answer 5

if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.these scams have been going on forever.ask yourself why would these people who i do not know give me all this money? because the money order or check is fake and they get real money from you when you send them back their cut.then you get to pay all the money back to the bank screw up your own accounts and pay huge overdraft fees and maybe go to jail and they will take the money you sent them and runaway and wait for another fool to fall for their lies and fraud and deceit.you are not stupid so do not do this because it is a phony!!!!

Answer 6

No body offers something for nothing. Legitimate people with money have ways to move it about without any need for strangers. Your instincts have already told you that this is a scam. Believe those instincts. You may, however, do others a favor by reporting this scheme to your local law enforcement authorities.

Answer 7

Yes, this is a scam. I work in the financial services industry and we see these offers on a daily basis. The easiest thing to do is delete the emails and forget about them.

Answer 8

This scam is called money laundering the money orders are real and the cash is real but it deals with not paying taxes besides if they do send you a money order it is very easy to tell if it is fake or not

Answer 9

Easy question. E-mail + money = SCAM.

Others have accurately described this specific scam. ALL e-mails claiming to deal with money are scams.

Answer 10

Stop opening unsolicited email from people you don't know! You will NEVER find anything of any value in this spam. You could pick up virus that screw up your computer, too.

Don't respond to them at all. Don't unsubscribe -- that just let's them know they have a live email address. I don't even think blocking them is a good idea as, that also let's them know they have a live address.