TYPE OF FRAUD CASES YOU SHOULD BE CAREFUL OF,-- SENDING MONEY TO UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS: The following methods are sometimes used, so be careful if you come across the described situations. - You are asked to pay a service fee before receiving money for a loan. - You receive notification about winning the lottery or a prize from a company, and you are asked to send money in order to get your prize or winnings. (There are fictitious or fraudulent companies dealing with lotteries or prizes. These companies ask you for a service fee to accept or receive the winnings, but the prize or winnings will in fact not be paid out.) - You get a letter or an email from a strange or unknown individual posing as a foreign government official from countries such as Nigeria, asking you to help them because they want to deposit or send money to your bank account from abroad. - You are told by an individual posing as a policeman that an acquaintance of yours was in an accident and has been arrested. Then, they ask you to send money for that acquaintance. - You get a letter or an email asking you if you are interested in buying an expensive, difficult-to-get product at an unrealistically low price. - You are asked to send money as proof of funds to make reservations for lodgings abroad.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 06:41:10 +0000
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