Scammin the scammer

[The Dad Fisherman]

They did a piece on 20/20 about this. They did the hidden camera thing and had a meeting with a couple of them.....since they were meeting these guys overseas there was nothing they could do legally against them, they just called them out and made them squirm

One guy that got taken was his town's treasurer and he cleaned out the town coffers to one of these guys

I say it all the Time....... YCFS

[Mike P]

The other scam they love to tun is a variation of the old handkerchief con game.

Some guy will contact you and ask you to order something for him online, and give you a plausible reason why he can't do it himself. He'll tell you to hold the item for his representative, who'll stop by with either a certified check or a money order. You order the goods, pay for them with your credit card, and the "representative" shows and hands you a forged check/MO, which you won't find out about until it's too late. Or, you'll be selling something on eBay or Craigslist, and someone will offer to buy your item using this arrangement (representative showing up with a certified check/MO).