Beware New Scam, A Twist On Classic Wire Transfer Fraud

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myMotherLode.com - 4/14/2017 - Tori James - (Sonora CA) Scammers are getting trickier, ironically, sometimes while targeting victims who, themselves are looking for ways to make a few bucks. According to Tuolumne County Sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt. Andrea Benson, a Jamestown woman nearly became a recent victim of wire transfer fraud. While seeking money-making opportunities, Sgt. Benson said the woman found an email in her In box offering her the opportunity to earn $450 a month by allowing her car to be wrapped with advertising information. Sgt. Benson reports that the woman subsequently received a J.P. Morgan Chase-issued check for $1,900 and was instructed to deposit the money into her account — and then to wire $1,400 to a business out of state. According to the instructions, once that business received the funds it would send someone to wrap her vehicle and she would retain $500 of the money. The woman recognized that the process sounded fishy and did some online research, which provided information on various wire transfer scams that have successfully victimized others. Read more @ https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local ... fraud.html