I am a retired attorney and I do volunteer work with a local tv station working on cases where people have been scammed. This is a very popular scam. It is simply a counterfeit check that you are asked to deposit and then forward some portion to a third party. By the time the counterfeit check bounces you are already out the money you sent. The story often involves the "buyer" working on an oil rig or an Alaskan crab boat. It is ALWAYS a scam.
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