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IDENTITY THEFT BY SCAMMERS - PUBLIC ORGANISATION PROCEDURES RESEARCH
Thread poster: Andrea Carroggio Diaz-Plaja
Sheila Wilson Spain Local time: 11:14 Member (2007) English + ...
There is a simple way, if there's the will
Jan 10, 2020
Lynda Prince wrote: I really do wish there was a way to stop it though.
If banks were to refuse to credit accounts with cheques unless they were countersigned and presented by the account holder, the scam would work a lot less frequently. The scam in Europe, at any rate, has relied on scammers presenting the cheques to the bank rather than sending them to translators.
If banks were to stop using cheques altogether, the scam would die totally. Most European banks issue cheque books grudgingly, if at all. My bank in Spain said I could have cheques if I insisted ("as a daft foreigner" was clearly implied). Electronic means of transferring money around are far safer, not to mention simpler. I don't know which countries apart from the US still rely heavily on cheques, but maybe not many.
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Douglas Smith United States Local time: 03:14 Japanese to English + ...
Update - no malware in the file
Jan 10, 2020
Just as added info, I ran the file they sent through some free on-line malware analysis and it came out clean. Thankfully. I may ask my local PD if they want to try to pursue something b/c at this point, I have not alerted the scammers that I'm onto them.
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Kevin Fulton United States Local time: 06:14 German to English
Local police not interested
Jan 10, 2020
Douglas Smith wrote:
I may ask my local PD if they want to try to pursue something b/c at this point, I have not alerted the scammers that I'm onto them.
From time to time my local police department (Midwest US) holds community outreach programs where the citizenry can voice concerns regarding public safety, etc. During one session last year someone asked whether the police were investigating internet scams. The response was that the authorities are more interested in pursuing door-to-door fraudsters selling bogus services such as driveway repair and pay-in-advance magazine subscriptions. They are concerned about fraudulent checks issued locally ("uttering and publishing"), but don't have the capability or the authority to investigate internet fraud originating outside the jurisdiction. I assume this is the position of most police departments in the United States.
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