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I'm sorry to bring this post up, but I'm experiencing something pretty similar.
I sold an item for €90 on Le Bon Coin, and the guy sends me 5 traveler’s cheques of €500 (if you chose a scientific field in high school, you'll know how much that is). At first, I thought, "What generosity!" But then he sends me an email asking me to send him the difference via "Western Union." The bank's counterfeit detector didn't see anything. Fortunately, this idiot made some mistakes on it (missing "e"s, etc...)
What is the best course of action to report this? I called the police, and they mentioned the DGCCRF. Is it useful to contact them? Will they pay special attention to it?
That is the question.
Thank you in advance.-
To potentially make a connection in another case where 3 victims also received 5 travelers' checks of €500 (fake of course), could you mention the name of the initial buyer, the origin of the travelers' checks, the name and address of the recipient of the funds via Western Union.
It is normally the gendarmerie or the police station that should record a complaint.
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PLEASE MENTION THE EMAIL ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS OF THESE SCAMMERS
We will make good use of it (blacklists).- I have not suffered any damage, so the police cannot file my complaint. I did not withdraw the money from the checks.
It was supposedly an Englishman in Cyprus (with an African name)
Email addresses of the contact:
david_whitmore2003@hotmail.com
davidwhitmore13@gmail.com
Name: Adesoji Majekodunmi
Addresses:
13 Whaddon House, London, England
18 Claydon Deacon Way, London, England
Site for money transfer:
www.westernunion.fr
Contact address for the "transport company" (in my opinion it's a fake, as he didn’t care about the subject. What he wanted was the money):
expeditionagence04@gmail.com
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"Don't cash that check.. because if it's a fake.. you will never see that amount again. Know that even if your bank cashes it on the same day or the next, your bank can also call you to say: sorry, it's a fake or something else and withdraw the amount from the check. So go to the police station with your check, file a complaint for fraud and give that check to the police who will carry out the necessary checks!
( I myself was a victim of a fake check where once credited to my account, I made a transfer.. since then, after filing a complaint with the police, no return of the transferred money and the bank debited the amount of the fake check.............. so be careful!)" -
For filing a complaint, it's only if you have already cashed the checks. If you haven't done anything, they'll probably tell you that they can't do anything because you haven't suffered any damage.
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Hello,
It's crazy, while reading your story I found exactly the same one as my sister's, everything is the same, a widowed American who sends her photos and talks to her for 2 months, and since she is in a very bad emotional state, she ends up believing it, he talks to her about love and coming to see her soon after returning from Turkey... it's all completely false and the bank took 1 month and 4 identical operations to realize it... she ultimately lost 20,000 euros... so especially if it's not too late, stop everything
capri2470-
We too have just been a victim of a scam.
We rent a room in Paris, and we were contacted by a foreigner.
She reserves the room for 3 months. We ask for 3 months' rent in advance and request a copy of her passport.
We give her our address.
The next day, we receive an email from her, indicating that she had asked her assistant to transfer the amount due of 1200 euros to us.
But she tells us that he made a mistake and that he sent us 3000 euros, the amount of his salary.
So she asks us to cash the amount of 1200 euros and to return the difference to her so she can pay for her plane ticket to come.
Very strange...
Nothing for 2 weeks, and on Saturday, we receive traveler's cheques of 500 euros totaling 3000 euros.
What do we do???
We write to her and inform her that we have just received the cheques and ask what we should do? HERE IS HER Response:
Thanks for getting back to me, please be advised that there is nothing dangerous in cashing in the traveler's cheque... According to the law of traveler's cheques, you're to write your name and have signed and dated before taking it to your bank and collect the cash.
So, you've nothing to worry about, just follow the instructions sent to you and take the cheque to your bank and collect the cash, there will be some fee which your bank will charge, this fee can be deducted from my money I think is about 20-40 euros.
I've asked my personal assistant to go to MoneyGram and find out the best way of receiving money and once she gets back to me I'll be sending you more details about how to go with the transfer so I can have my flight ticket bought and be ready to fly down to France this week..
Also, I'd like to know if it's possible to meet me at the airport otherwise, you can just give me directions about how to get to the house.
Looking forward to meeting you soonest
I GO ON THE INTERNET: and I type / SCAMS with traveler's cheques.
Fortunately, we did not fall for it.
Because those cheques are indeed fake.
And the worst part is that the scammer asks us to please return the cheques. Incredible...
Be careful, they are very organized. -
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I had a somewhat similar story with an American in Greece! He also contacted me through Myspace...
Here is his address:
https://myspace.com/
Here is another address from another American who tried to contact me in the same way later on:
https://myspace.com/
So BE CAREFUL with these 2 Myspace addresses! I don't know if the second one is like the first one but at first glance, I would say YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm also disgusted to have been that naive!
This is what happens when you want to help your fellow man; I thought it was just a matter of exchange fees, but I didn't think these travelers' checks were fake because even my banker didn't see anything wrong, and as a result, I lost €5,500, all because the bank took over 6 weeks to tell me they were fake, while for normal checks it only takes 15 days!
Take the checks to the police and definitely do not deposit them into your account or if you have deposited them, do not send the money back!
If they are real, then you will see, but wait at least 2 months and ask for written proof that they are real before sending any money back!
Good luck
ktynet -
Hello,
I just read your testimony and I would like to know the name of that New Yorker. Is he blonde with blue eyes???? In the photo with the dolphins, is he between two dolphins???? Did he tell you he had a daughter named Joyce? I think I know this man??? -
Good evening Franfran
I advise you to take these travelers' checks to the police station as soon as possible, because they are fake.
You are in contact with a scammer, likely a Nigerian, who wants to use you for money laundering.
Not only are you risking serious problems with your bank, but you could also be accused of complicity and fraud.
So, you must not speak to this guy anymore. Delete him from your contacts, do not respond to emails or phone calls, and go to the police station first thing tomorrow.
I hope you do what I say.
Isis -
Hello, I was a victim of an American, supposedly on a business trip in Greece. He asked me to exchange traveler’s cheques, claiming that he couldn't do it in Greece! I followed his instructions to the letter and today I find myself with a complaint from the post office where I deposited the travelers! What is going to happen to me? What can I do??? I'm so scared!! This man acted under the name of Daniel Maiden, living in New Jersey, and through the site Easy Flirt!!! At first, I believed in a beautiful story and I got deceived!!
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Hello Nath,
Could you sign up on the private messaging? I know someone who is going through the same thing as you in Heraklion regarding a scam via Facebook involving travelers' checks that she cashed. She was detained for 24 hours and is currently charged with forgery and use of forgery. Thank you. -
I am also a victim of a Canadian, Garry Fagan, who is supposedly going to be transferred to Paris soon, but he first has to make a trip to Paris. I received his checks and cashed them, then I sent them to him in Athens. I should have honestly answered my bank when they questioned me about the origin of the checks. The fear I had when the bank called me to say that they were fake. The shame of being a victim like this.
I don't know what options we might have to recover my money. -
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The "Garry Fagan"? He scammed me too! Fake Travelers! I filed a complaint in time for breach of trust so I wouldn't be accused of forgery and use of forgery!
I found her on Hi5/My Space/Pipl/ and Bebo! I'm left in debt! If I had the means, knowing where to find him... I would go!
I've seen plenty of girls who will be his next victims! But how can I warn them? -
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Hi, I'm Mattias and a certain David Miller sent me €2,500 in traveler's checks under the pretext of taking photos of me, in my opinion to create false documents. Whatever you do, don't cash the money because you could become an accomplice. Be careful, consult a lawyer; consultations are free at all courts.
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Don’t cash them in!
Call Paris Travellers, they will give you the phone number where you can find out what’s going on by providing the cheque numbers!
For sure, it’s a scam!
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Hello,
My name is Agnès. Your story is similar to mine; I also met a man on Meetic who claimed to be American and a soldier in Baghdad, Iraq. He was also widowed and a father of a 10-year-old boy. I believed his story
and to quickly come and join me and retrieve a package, he sent me traveler's checks worth 7,000.00 euros, which I cashed and transferred to someone in GHANA.
After verification, it turns out that those checks are fake, and my bank will charge me that amount, leaving me with a frozen account and suspected of money laundering.
So please do nothing except go to the police to report those checks, do not make any transactions, and most importantly, do not get in touch with this man again, as he only wants your money.
Good luck,
Agnès -
Welcome to the club! The checks are not stolen but rather "fake" ones (of very good quality). You can have a little fun and "make them wait" by explaining that your bank is blocking these checks due to several scams and yada yada yada.......! Or you can frame them... but whatever you do, don't cash them because in 60 days your bank will ask you to reimburse the amount of the fake checks. If you haven't filed a complaint for breach of trust, you will be accused of possessing counterfeit! Kudos to this site for allowing girls like me, who have been scammed, to warn you not to make the same mistake. They know how to play very well with our feelings! But the wake-up call is very hard! Keep your money for yourself and your loved ones; you surely need it! Don't let yourself get fooled! I was also contacted by an American stationed in Afghanistan! But upon closer inspection, his uniform bears an English patch. When I asked him why an American soldier would wear an English patch, he cut off contact!...... Good luck! You can reach me at my email if you want: mihyr@dbmail.com
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Hi,
More and more scams involving counterfeit traveler’s checks are being reported to AVEN Europe.
You must not cash them for the reasons mentioned above. Due to money laundering, one person was taken into custody in Greece and is charged with complicity in money laundering, forgery, and use of forgery..
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Bonjour, et moi aussi, je viens de savoir que la personne qui m'a envoyé des faux travellers chèques. Je suis bête, mais voilà, je passe une année difficile et la personne est toujours en contact avec moi. Je ne sais plus quoi faire, je voudrais de l'aide. Merci.
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Hello,
I just applied for a driver position for an 8-month mission on behalf of a director from Exxon Mobil lol ????? M. Raul Corssita) WILL KNOW IF HE HAS 50,000 NAMES (too high the amount he is offering me for the mission, and he sent me traveler's checks 4 times 500; all the same, I am convinced that this is money laundering or a scam like Western Union, etc. since he is asking me to send 1,500 EUR via Western Union to someone named Fahad Jagadayu.
So I am keeping silent until I find proof. Just to know, I will have the traveler's checks checked and if they turn out to be fake, I will FILE a complaint with the police.
HERE are the contact details of the person clericy jean marc, robert ;; te 001 408 256 8735;;
email zarabrownn@gmail.com
I am convinced that it is a scam and I am doing all possible research without success; if you have been contacted by the same process this is proof that it is a scam; I await your news and thank you in advance.
jony
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me, jony-
Hello..
This is just one of the variants of the "fake money order" scam.. You're right to have the authenticity of these money orders checked..
As soon as Western Union, Mandat Cash, or other 'clones' like Moneygram, Aboulefric, etc. show up, extreme caution is necessary! Reversing excess money via an untraceable and unsecured means (W.U..) from a check (money order, bank check, or 'ordinary' check..) or even from a transfer is characteristic of an ongoing scam..
Keep us updated on the verification (Don't talk to a 'bank idiot'..).
Later- HELLO, thanks for your response, no risk, however the traveler's checks remain in my possession, false I destroy and true I keep, but from experience I recognize that they are genuine. What I don't appreciate is the manipulative approach of using a job advertisement; anyway, I replied that I would not follow up until I receive a genuine personal check with identification. Otherwise, he can say goodbye to his manipulation.
- I received exactly the same email, except that this person is named Nicolas Giradd and I completed his first transaction of €1730 to this dear Mr. Mike Jagdayu, to which he again sent me money, and it’s only now that I realize the scam...
I had asked my bank during my first visit if these were not fake and that I wasn’t involved in money laundering, they told me no, and that I shouldn’t worry, and after cashing the check I was able to withdraw it a week later. I understand that it’s a huge mistake, but why do this with real checks?
Anyway, I will no longer continue making these transactions, but the question remains: what should I do with these new checks?
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you are having like me do not give money under any pretext without the scam
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Forget to tell you if you received this check do not cash it under any circumstances it can come back to haunt you I almost got caught on that side, it’s a blatant scam.
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If you reply to me, I can give you more details on the subject.
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Hello Clarissen
especially don’t do anything regarding the check, it’s a scam and it could backfire on you. -
ha ok but it's very easy to take it out on him here we had methods to catch certain people here's my email
zons-sococe@hotmail.fr
add me and we'll see the rest
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