Comments on: Fraudsters Mutate Counterfeit MoneyGram Money Order Scam To Fool Victims/Financial Institutions

By: chrisperk73

chrisperk73 — Sat, 21 May 2011 17:32:41 +0000

I say we sue the f’in government for not being able to protect it’s people. Also, the banks who do not warn you that this might happen. The Money Gram places as well. We’re not stupid, we’re hurting for funds to keep us afloat in this pissy capitalist country. When will our government wake up and stop being so damn self centered!

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:49:21 +0000

Hi there, I received and email from a Chris Paul for the Secret Shopper scam back on Feb. 12th. The grammar in the email was poor but when I checked the internet there was a website for Commission Junction (CJ). I even asked others about it and they said oh yes they knew of people who were secret shoppers. It appears that the scammers are now using the name of a real company in Santa Barbara but have their location on the website and in the emails as Canada. God was with me and kept revealing certain things to me from February until now. To make a long story short I have a registered letter from them to pick up at the post office that evidently contains money order(s). I was not at home when it was delivered. The problem with the registered notice is that it did not come from my post office. I am suppose to pick it up at another post office out of my area. I have filed a complaint with the local FBI and the Canadian Fraud Agency. I will file with the local police tomorrow because this type of crap infuriates me! I only have God to thank for all the signs He revealed to me to help me avoid being scammed. I am unemployed since Dec 2010 and like everyone else I need my money. Please pass this on to avoid any Secret Shopper email!! Thanks

By: smithm6464

smithm6464 — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:33:54 +0000

I listed an item on Craig’ list and got an email from a Derrick Donaldson Your payment has been sent but there is something i think i must bring to your notice immediately. I just discovered there is an error in the payment sent to you. My assistant sent the payment meant for another item thats more expensive than yours. I have called the post office to see if they could retrieve it but nothing positive. I really dont know what to do now. Please and Please, you can go ahead and cash out the Money Order at your Bank when you receive it, deduct your payment and send the balance via western union to the details i will provide you with. Can i trust you to do that for me?
Thanks”
the watermark does not work, and you cannot see the moneygram image on the back when held at an angle. I called the 1-800 number at moneygram and check was cashed in January 2001 for 495.00. They sent me this money order for 895.00. No store logo’s of anykind on the money order. Always call before cashing!!
Peace

By: Teddy Reper

Teddy Reper — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:50:25 +0000

Great review here! This information will go brilliantly well with my idea.

By: dianna ciletti

dianna ciletti — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:06:21 +0000

I received 2 money orders from a “David Rodman” via Fed Ex. They are “MoneyGrams” purchased from a CVS. I called MoneyGram to check the validity of each and both were cashed in Oct 2010 for different, smaller amounts despite having a Feb issue date. The instructions said to deposit in my bank and take out the $200 payment. Then I was to go to Western Union and transfer to a “Eric Undem,” taking notes on the whole Western Union process. I would have been nabbed for cashing fraudulant money orders! Calling Money Gram is the first step if you receive any ‘free ‘ money orders. Then report to the feds! Nothing is free in life except for air!

By: Krappola

Krappola — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:11:24 +0000

I received a Speedway MoneyGram #68487444198 in the amount of $896.96 supposedly from,
Barnes & Noble (booksellers)
sent by, UPS Express
UPS account number, V3Y738
It’s fake. The pink circle is not working and the 800 number is missing from the back.
It’s printed on heavy stock paper.

Just for fun I’m going to play the same game the person did above and string him/her along and waste their time.

By: kawinn

kawinn — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:04:36 +0000

Yes I too have received money orders fraudulant cashier checks and travelers checks that are all fake. In fact I was stupid enough the first time too actually cash the check and western union it to some ome back in Georgia. Only too have the check hit back at my bank a few hours later the same day I withdrew the money & sent it to the second con in on scam. Yes it cost me over $3500 between amount of check and all the NSF fees, etc it cost me. I had to close my bank account and was only allowed to have my regular paycheck direct deposited into a savings account that the bank deducted a $100.00 payment first and I had to live off the balance left. I get emails daily stating either I have wons mega amounts of money, someone trying to get money out of Irag, Nigeria, other places and they need me to be their beneficiary, yet requiring me to send them a payment for courier fees in order to supposedly get money here.
Just a couple of months ago I applied for a Secret Shoppers job (yea right huh) and the guy sends me the check I write him telling him warning him it better not be fraudulant and that since I had been scr–ed once before I would not be withdrawing any monies until the check cleared legally before completing job assignment. He wrote saying that was fine. The day after the check came back being no good and my bank charging me another $30.00 Return ck fee, I write hime to tell him it’s no good and I would be forwarding all his information to the local police, FBI, Internet fraud offices, He has the balls to write me back claiming I was taking to long towithdraw money to complete job so HE PUT A STOP PAYMENT ON IT A HIS BANK>
It’s horribly evil, dispiciously disgusting people that prey upon people like us that are honestly trying to gain honest work in order to live or extra work too maybe have a couple of bucks leftover between paydays. If they would only put even half the effort into an honest work business as they do into theiving people the world would better off. They are as bad as our governmet leaders in office right now lieing thru their teeth.
Yes it time all of hard working folks stand together and some how wipe these crooks out, get them jailed or worse once and for all as well as weeding out the crooked government officials. Thank you everyone for your information shared, numbers to call, groups to join to hopefully nap these creeps. Kawinn from California

By: gagurl2010

gagurl2010 — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:24:08 +0000

Today, I received two moneygrams for $984 with the CVS logo in a FEd EX overnight envelope. It was from Com Aviation Prod and order was signed by a Linda Sheets and the address on it is 8840 Evergreen Blvd., Coon Rapids, MN 55433. Well, I figured it was surprise child support from my absentee baby daddy because it was sent from an aviation company, and he’d been looking to work in aviation, last I heard. I went to cash it at local check cashers and they said it was bogus. I asked how and why and they said they just knew b/c they deal with alot of money orders and that they could have called police on me for cashing it. The address was for Honeywell Aviation and when I called them, their security guy said that there was no one there by that name and that they had received a few calls about some money order scam. I called Fed Ex and they said that envelope was sent from a legit Honeywell account. Honeywell customer service said that this particular address is their repair shop. After reading others’ stories, I remember that I was approached by email with a secret shopper job stating something about doing survey at western union and that they would send money to cover a transaction and for me completing job.

By: cracker

cracker — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:29:23 +0000

I received 3 money orders that use “Safeway” MoneyGram.

Each was for $845.00. I was selling an item on Craigslist and the “buyer” told me in an e-mail he had made a mistake and sent me too much money. From my background I knew this was a scam. I have contacted my local police and turned this over to them.

By: dfdsfdsf

dfdsfdsf — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:20:19 +0000

All of you who were scammed, what did you do to solve the problem? Until recently, I never knew that there was a scam like this going on and ended up falling for it. I’m really confused and it would be very helpful if someone gave me some input.

By: GR33NNT3A

GR33NNT3A — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:36:30 +0000

I WAS JUST APPLYING FOR JOBS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I RECEIVE THESE MONEY ORDERS IN THE MAIL FOR $950.00 EACH AND THEY LOOK SO REAL, I WOULDNT BE ABLE TO TELL THE DIFF, THEN I SEE THAT WHEN I WENT TO MY BANK TO CASH THEM , I ASK IF I CAN DO THIS, THE MANAGER SAID IF IT CAME FROM A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER, I SAID NO, IM ASKED TO JUST PUT THEM IN MY ACCOUNT, KEEP A PORTION AND WIRE THE REST TO SOMEONE I DONT EVEN KNOW. HE THEN TELLS HE I CANT PUT THEM IN MY ACCOUNT BC IT MIGHT BE A SCAM. SO I TELL HIM THANK YOU FOR NOT LETTING ME DO THIS. BUT I FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE WHO WERE THE VICTIMS AND DIDNT STOP THEM AT THE BANK… I THINK I SHOULD BE A MANDATORY QUESTION FROM NOW ON WHEN SOMEONE TRIES TO CASH A HUGE MONEY ORDER. WHERE DID IT COME FROM???

By: prism37s

prism37s — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:48:03 +0000

I got a job offer from John Anderson at
40 Wellesley Road, Croydon, Surrey CR9 2BY UK andersonj13@ymail.com said he needed a driver, (which I have been many times), and that he was a businessman coming to L.A. he then sent me a check completely printed to me from William E. Wood III drawn on Santa Barbara Bank & Trust for me to drive him three days a week at $450 a wk $100 for gas and an extra $100 to send the remainder minus charges about $1800 by Western Union to Rhonda Powell 3601 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699. He repeatedly failed to answer my questions, ignored the fact that in the first email I said that, “I am not greedy nor am I stupid”. Oh well, aside from everything else the personal check number was 482,052 if anyone wrote one a day for 100 years it would still be less than 40,000 that is if they never restart from 100, and the fedex pkg. came from Penn. and the check is drawn on a bank that has a branch, in Beverly Hills 10 mins. from my house in West L.A.

By: not happening

not happening — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:35:48 +0000

andersonji3@ymail.com (”John Anderson”) and certified check scam attempting to “lease” a condo via email. email exchanges followed by delivery via fedex of check from william e. wood III drawn on Santa Barbara Bank & Trust for $9,500 made out to owner of condo.

By: elizsaiter

elizsaiter — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:20:54 +0000

I reveived an email for the secret shopper to go into walmart and check there business. Today i received 2 safeway money grams and called the faudline. one was cashed 3 months ago for a hundred and the other was cashed a week after the other for 40$. both came to me with the amount of $940.00 in a fed ex overnight express envelope from Joheagher 708 Paige cir Bell Air MD 21014. The email I received were from a Trevor williams (twilliams8872@gmail.com)

By: jnocook

jnocook — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:14:28 +0000

Looking back at what Billie said back in November 24th, 2008, I recently received an Albertson Money Order from a Dennis Hunt of Estes Park, Colorado which I deposited to see if it would clear. These was no way I was going to cash it. The bank called me today that it had been returned as fraudulent, as if this guy had stolen both the blanks and the printer. What’s equally interesting, moreover, is that ‘my’ money order had the same routing number as Billie’s: 091900533. I am trying to retrieve the original to forward to the FBI for their pursuit.

By: Raisehell77

Raisehell77 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:16:03 +0000

I too received a Fed ex from multimabley@gmail.com said he was a business man said he helped an orphanage. Needless to say with the emails being in one name Fed Ex in another and Money Order yet another name only tells you MAJOR SCAM. Guess it pays to be a lil smarter than the scam artist as The Dude & I figured it out before I attempted to cash these fake money orders. So I guess Mr multimabley@gmail.com will not respond to my email asking for his banking information as I told him I did not have one to deposit these in. Hopefully this ring of FAKE people are caught & rot in jail with no money on their books!

By: Broman

Broman — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:58:37 +0000

I almost got scammed through a craigs list job add by a gut posing as “John Anderson” (andersonji3@ymail.com) he sent me a fake money gram money order for $975, then I was supposed to deposit it at my bank and western union $300 to his “travel agent” Robin Garber at 235 Regent Street Wadsworth London W1B2EL england. The address on the overnight FedEx envelope is from Weich Allyn Holdings inc. 4341 state street Rd. Sicaneateles, NY 13153. Whats worse is it looks like this douche bag had his 4 year old kid do all the writing.

By: 2good2btrue

2good2btrue — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:02:47 +0000

Oh, and they have the Albertsons logo on them.

By: 2good2btrue

2good2btrue — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:02:12 +0000

Wow, I knew this was too good to be true to begin with but I was desperate enough to give my address to a complete stranger, someone going by the name of Gerald Mabley (living in the Virgin Islands - pffff!)email address multimabley@gmail.com I too received 3 MoneyGram money orders for 1000 dollars each. All are printed slightly off center, one is totally blank on the back (LOL, none of the “rub to authenticate” circles do anything. They are all dated for 2/23/2010 and its June now! The fedex is from Karrie Leung 849 North Franklin Chicago, IL 60610 and the purchaser signer for the money orders is yet another individual, Lisa Burke El Paso, TX. Sucks to be scammed, but at least I never tried to cash these babies!

By: screwedguy

screwedguy — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:32:11 +0000

Crap, I wish I would have found this sooner. I just received two CVS MoneyGram money orders for 900 each. This time I got lucky and found this website before cashing them. Unfortunately the first time I just thought I got lucky with an opportunity to make some cash. Anyone know what happens if you cash one of these at your bank? What should I do?

By: worriednow

worriednow — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:14:32 +0000

We received two today from CVS. We had listed something on craigslist and the buyer*** needed our address for the cashier’s check. We thought this was ligit process for the ccheck…what’s amazing is they spent $25 to overnight them in an express usps envelope??? Guess a small investment if you’re able to scam people out of thousands? We will keep them for future ref if ever needed…but are we okay now that they have our address and name?

By: texasbutterfly

texasbutterfly — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:29:58 +0000

hi i was sacm also with amoney order from money gram a man that i have talked for a year on here i truested him and he had his friend sent it to me i went to cash it and i had to go to jail for this and write a staement and i was so taken back on how real it looks thse people are on yahoo the man that send it is james daneils and the man that ask him to send it to me is LT JOHN HUGHES and then he ask to to send money gram to a linda miller i have never been so mad and so scared these people dont care who they hurt so be beware the vitoms have to go to jail and i think it not fair and belive it sound to good to be true it is if u like to help fight this iam karenyonts@yahoo.com

By: MSHONIE

MSHONIE — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:35:15 +0000

I THINK I HAVE RECEIVE ONE THESE SAME TYPE OF MONEY ORDERS AS WELL. I WILL HAVE IT CHECKED OUT BY MY FINANCIAL INSTITUTE TO CHECK OUT ITS AUTHENTICITY.

By: scammersbeware

scammersbeware — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:42:28 +0000

I was thinking that maybe let the scam artist send the money order to you in the mail. Handle it carefully with gloves and put it in a plastic bag. There must be fingerprints on it. One of those crime stopper places might scan for fingerprints. It’d be great to catch some of these guys.

By: rhymesworan9ee

rhymesworan9ee — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:51:19 +0000

i JUST received these 3 money order from money gram and were international money orders from Russia. I was trying to sell my textbooks out on craigslist, and this guy with the email named larry brown asked to purchase 2 textbooks, i was so happy. It was for $200, and he said he’ll send out the payment and have arrangements to pick up the textbooks later on after I have cashed out the money orders at my bank. But then he said his secretary wrote extra amounts on the money orders and sent it to the wrong person. He asked to please send back the money through western union after I have cashed it out in my bank. My sister’s boyfriend just got scammed in one of these, so I got very suspicious, since there were 3! not just 1, but 3 money orders in amounts of $945.00 each. I was thinking this is too good to be true. So I googled it, and here I am, reading all your stories, I don’t want to be scammed. My college tuition is stressful enough. Thank goodness, I didn’t cash it out through my bank.

By: AKS

AKS — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:57:44 +0000

and i ask why bank can not know the right or the false money ordres please ? ??

By: AKS

AKS — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:51:12 +0000

reveived 2money ordres with logo superamerican each one 925 take 300$ buy some thing in walmart and take 200 and send the rest by western union in this name JAMES COOK 9MOORFIELDS LONDON EC2Y9AL HTIS GUYS SEND EMAIL SURVEY TEAM009MUSTERY SHOPPER(R
but im a student and i ask how i can do to pay bank
PLEASE FBI DO SPOMETHING TO CATHS THIS INHUMANS PERSONS

By: BIGDADDYO24

BIGDADDYO24 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:26:02 +0000

RECEIVED 3 MONEY GRAMS WITH THE LOGO SPEEDWAY SUPERAMERICA ON THEM, EACH ONE FOR $980 SAME THING SAID KEEP 10% SEND THE REST BY WESTERN UNION. I HAVEN’T TRIED TO CASH I FIGURED THERE FAKE MY LUCK THERE REAL BUT I’LL NEVER KNOW…

By: cass

cass — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:02:07 +0000

Received 3 moneygrams from George Davis - watch out for him

By: jud15021

jud15021 — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:54:08 +0000

i just received three moneygram money orders all three for 950.00 they are from Ruth Cammon With albertson logo numbers are ( R5889947143(0) watch out for her

By: margaritawtt

margaritawtt — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:53:20 +0000

(POSTAL MONEY ORDERS)
I was contacted by a man through a personal email claiming to be a CHURCH PASTOR. I had placed a prayer request on a certain website and I assume that is how he contacted me. I am disabled and at the time was going through a nasty divorce, I had nothing and had only meant to seek out spiritual help. After a few personal emails back and forth I had mentioned having a garage sale to get money for food etc. This “pastor” was quick to respond that his church had raised money for people in my type of situation and he would be more than happy to help!

Needless to say I opened the envelope he sent and it contained these 5(POSTAL MONEY ORDERS) of $850.00 each. I couldn’t believe someone I didn’t know had helped me. I cashed them at my bank and sent an email to thank him. He replied that he had sent too much money to me and that it was planned to be divided between myself and two others. One of which was a toddler boy in Canada who had been badly burned all over his body!! This sicko even sent a picture of a horribly burned child!!! Of course I took the money and sent it through western union! I feel so stupid!!!

By: J'net

J'net — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:34:12 +0000

The secret/mystery shopper SCAM is still going on! Hence I was just scammed $1600 this past week. Money Grams (2) arrived w/ an assignment. I cashed them at my bank with NO clue that they were a fraud. Shopped at Walmart and reported back and even talked on the phone to James Thames and wired $ thru Western Union. Wanted to impress my new employer! WOW! Did I ever fall for this. I had NO idea that a money order could be counterfitted, shows my learning curve!
The police said there was a STACK of these here in my town.
The FBI is getting back to me…
The Money Gram people took my phone number and the Fed. Trade is supposed to call me in 10-14 days. There is an $18 million suit out against Money Gram. They don’t know what the pay out will be to those SCAMMED. They will have to pay their lawyers first I am sure!
Thanks for having this website SO I don’t feel like a totally isolated case of stupidity!!

By: information available

information available — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:09:11 +0000

FORWARD ALL FRAUDULENT EMAILS TO:

spam@uce.gov

it did not appear in the statement above but if it does not in this is the address…..

spam (at) uce (dot) gov

By: information available

information available — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:06:13 +0000

I have received several emails stating in one form or another that there is a party that is having a hardship in another country and need to send money to US in one way or another and you are to help through your account. I researched and found that there is a web address to forward these emails to the government and the website is Federal Trade Commission Fraudulent emails Anyone requesting information from you; unless you know this person or you can actually find a real address on the company (not a hot mail or gmail or ymail address)-that is the biggest hint that FRAUD is involved. Come on people, we are in a captialistic society and there is no regard for making an honest living today from anyone even our government. Those of us that are trying to be ethical and moral must be extra cautious and should validate all information. Again I urge you all to forward the fraudulent emails and even the ones you suspect are fraudulent send them also. Federal Trade Commission Fraudulent emails ;

By: quebanton

quebanton — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:42:13 +0000

I received 3moneygram international money orders on 26th of Aug by a person named George Reiteik who put ad on kiji for the job of Accounts receivable clerk…I got suspicious when he asked me to deposit on my bank account and then transfer it via western union transfer keeping 10%commission for myself.I got busy and thought I would verify it before presenting it to the bank.I couldnot verify and this guy started threatening me of dire consequences and then I found that one of them were a photocopy and calling #800 confirmed them fake.I did it all after one and a half month when I got time to google everything and find out.The arguments with this guy was heated and he thought I am going to inform the cops as I told him that I do not do anything illegal.Beware by any person of this name with account on aol.com and from New york.

By: jessilvs

jessilvs — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:27:14 +0000

today i recived 2 western union money grams from the galvin company too. both of them were for $750.00 and i called the 800# to find out if one of them was real and turns out, FAKE FAKE… this is some bullshit. i wasnt about to cash them until i checked into them because im not going to get accounted for fraud!! but it seemed to have a real website (www.galvinfurniture.org) but heck anyone can make one, even i can.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:56:54 +0000

Today my daughter recieved 3 money order - money grams for $950 each that have the logo of Safeway on them. They look real and they are signed by Sarah Herbert from Killeen, TX. My daughter got married on July 11, 2009 so she thought they were a wedding gift! We do not know a Sarah Herbert but of course my daughter and son-in-law need money and were thrilled!! The mone orders came via UPS. There were no instructions like some of the other people state on their comments. So it really looks like someone out of the goodness of their heart sent my daughter money! There is absolutely no reason that even a scammer would be sending them and paying money for postage but not getting anything for doing it. If anyone knows the benefit to the person who sent the money orders let us know! We did call moneygrams and tey asked us for the money order serial numbers from each money order. Moneygrams told my daughter that these money orders had already been cashed and all for different amounts. FAKE!

Sandy

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:12:45 +0000

Personally, I would love to personally torture and execute every one of these scammers. There is No Way of knowing how many people have been screwed or how much money they have stolen. What REALLY disgusts me more is that our government is doing absolutely nothing about it. They have made no effort whatsoever to catch these thieves or warn people about the problem. I hold the FBI and our government PERSONALLY responsible for allowing this crap and not assigning a task force to catch these morons. It almost leads me to believe that Uncle Sam is in on the Scam. Otherwise, they would do something about it. This type of scam should be treated no differently than counterfiting US money. Period!

By: blog to jj on line...

blog to jj on line... — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:38:53 +0000

That web site is another bogus one created just like woodplanet.biz . If you search the address for the location of the galvinfurniture it does have a real location with some real mattress and furniture stores but if you call any of them they surely will not have heard of the bogus company or Ron Mckinney. He is kinda slick that his MO is to find a real location with furniture companies located at the address given on his website, that way you may think it is legit, but I assure you it is 100% a SCAM. As I stated before, Ron Mckinney is the same person I have been stringing along in the previous posts. What a Scammer!!!!!

By: jjonline...

jjonline... — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:27:00 +0000

jj,
Yes, He is the same Ron Mckinney that I have been posting about in the previous emails. It is a total SCAM, so I wouldnt do anything unless you want to have some fun with him like I did…I did it to waste his time as he wasted mine plus get him to at least waste some money on the UPS mailing the bogus moneygrams. Just read the posts before this under “they are still trying to scam” as to how I was able to string him along. UPDATE…He actually sent me another email to send the $3k and do it western union…I replied I sent it via registered mail to his bogus address at the woodplant.biz seattle location knowing that he cant retrieve it as he has no way to collect mail at that location (plus I never really sent anything!!!!) Anyhow, I still have him wanting me to send money via western union…I will continue to play this game as long as he continues to reply!!! What a dumb ass Ron Mckinney must be to not figure out I am on to him!!!

By: jjonline

jjonline — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:38:28 +0000

Got an email today from Ron McKinney, email address was dawngf@hotmail.com. The subject line was “Payroll Assistant — Check Attachment –”. It looked fishy because 1) I’m not in the job market. 2)I’ve no experience in payroll. 3)There is no message in the body of the email, but it contained an attachment called FM.TXT. I did not open the attachment…because I’m not that dumb. I did google the email and found hits all over the job boards, but none of the postings are still up when you click on them. The email is in line with Dawn Galvin Furniture, which may or may not be an actual company in Abilene Texas. http://www.galvinfurniture.org/contact-us.php
That is as far as I am going with this. Feel free to take up where I left off.

By: they are still trying to scam Part 3

they are still trying to scam Part 3 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:50:55 +0000

He is stille responding. His last email he said that I would not get into trouble as long as I sent him “his half” of the $6k. He wants me to send him $3,000 dollars via Western Union and give him the MTCN number ASAP!! BBWWWAAAA!! I told him I would. I then sent another email stating I was not going to deal with Western Union any more as I have just had too many problems with them. Instead I was going to send it directly to his business!! He sent the site woodplanet.biz in a privious email as his business. It does have a location in seattle, wa. But I did verify that it is a legitamate furniture store that had never heard of Ron Mckinney or woodplanet, also the phone number for Woodplanet was not the same as the real furniture store. So I knew how to get him!! I sent an email stating I had sent a $3,500 CVS Moneygram to his work address he gave me from Woodplanet in Seattle!! As I know he doesnt work there, or is not even in the USA for that matter, he would have no way to pick up the moneygram that I didnt send!! BBBWWWAAAA!! I told him I sent it registered mail and just have his office worker or secretary sign for it and he would have $3,500. HHHAAA! Obviously I never sent anything, just wanted him to get caught in his own web of lies!..I think he finally figured I was onto him as I have only gotten one reply from him since. What did he say? LOL. So I think he realized I got him at his own game!!! That was fun and I got some satisfaction knowing I wasted many days of his life!!! Remember, you dont get anything for nothing. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is!!!!

By: they are still trying to scam Part 2

they are still trying to scam Part 2 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:10:05 +0000

Update…He did reply that the MTCN number was wrong and to get it right imediately. I told him that I had my brother take care of it but he was drinking and drunk so that is why I am having trouble. I assured him that the ten digits were correct, just maybe in the wrong order and to try different variations. That means like 10^9 or something like that. Good luck. He then replied the customer needs that money NOW and for me to call Western Union and figure out the right number. I told him I did but to no avail. Mind you that by now he is emailing me every 5 minutes telling me it has to be done ASAP or I could get in big trouble with the police. I assured him I was trying my best. I then said that I still had the cashed (I never did anything with them as I knew they were fake) moneygrams and would just call them and verify the numbers and amount because I had an uneasy feeling about everything now. He demanded I not call rather just send the correct MTCN number (which was a ten digit number that I made up!!). After making him wait longer still, and he sending emails demanding the correct MTCN number, I told him another “story”. I told him that the 2 moneygrams were not for $780, rather one was for around $4,000 and the other $3,000. I said what a stroke of luck that his customer didnt know how much they sent and I was going to pocket the extra $6,000 dollars!. He then didnt know what to do. He said that I had to western union HIM the extra money as he new this and was testing me if I could be trusted!! BBBAAAHHH . That was all just figures I made up, oh and I told them Moneygram said they were legitamate and that my bank cashed them and gave me the money in crisp $100 dollar bills. So now he didnt know what to do and started thinking that maybe they are real and the numbers just happened to match up with a real moneygram. He really thought he was missing out on a chance to make thousands. I then sent an email acting as if I was scared he was testing me and to please dont press charges. Also that I was willing to split the extra cash with him…3k each. He replied he would try to talk to the client and see if they are aware of it (what happened to him testing me? guess he figured I forgot about that). So now he wants me to send the original MTCN number, which I told him my brother is on a weekend bender and wont be able to figure this out until Monday, and he wants “his” $3,000 share of the extra money!! HHaaaahhhaaa. I told him first thing Monday when I figure this out I would send him the new western union check for $3,000 and figure out the correct MTCN for the original transaction. He replies they are open Sunday and it has to be done tommorrow else he might call the FBI on me!!! HHHAAAHHAAA. I replied as if I am very scarred and please dont do that etc…So for now I am going to email tommorrow with some more bogus numbers for him to waste more time at Western Union and raise red flags there. This is fun being on the other end of a scam and getting the scammer to waste his time like he has wasted my time!!! I’ll keep you posted!!!

By: they are still trying to scam

they are still trying to scam — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:37:38 +0000

Today, Sept. 10th, 2009 I received 2 CVS/pharmacy monegrams for $780.00 each. The authentification circle didnt turn color and they conviently did not have the 800 number for Moneygram on the back. They (the scammers) did not copy that part on the back of moneygram so as not to call. I looked it up online anyway and confirmed that they indeed were fraudulent. Now its time to have some retribution with the scammer who wanted me to cash them and keep 8% for myself while I western unioned the balance with real money from my bank account to him. I gave him a bogus 10 digit MTCN number and am awaiting him to tell me its not valid. That is when you tell him you were embarrased that you didnt have the cash to cover and will wait for the moneygram to clear then western union the difference. He knows they are a scam and wont clear so he will try every trick to gget you to send western union. Now you can make up many stories and just see how long you can keep him interested. I will keep you posted. I think I will tell him that the monegrams he sent were not for $780.00 but cleared for $7,800.00 each. Then i’ll tell him since he only requested the $780.00 minus 8% commision amount, I am going to keep the balance as a finders fee and see if that can rile him up! There is any number of ways i am going to string him along as he/she has done to countless others!!!! Ill try and keep you posted.

By: bbdtma

bbdtma — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:37:28 +0000

I recevied two money orders today from Michelle Mcdonald 104 potter street Fallbrook, CA 92028 phone # 760-723-9502 (sender). Called the number and the lady that answered the phone i asked who was speaking and she told me i had the wrong number and then ask who i was calling i said Michelle and she stated no and hung up the phone. started out with and email from Kevinstacey103@gmail.com to do secret shopper. wanted me to cash the money orders and wire the money to a Debra Law 307 Beverly Dr, Houston, TX 77049 her email lm.desk@live.com beware the money order are fake. I was not dumb enough to cash them without searching and found this. hope these bitches lose their lives or someone that is close to them. This group of people is evil and deservse anything and everything that could happen to them DIE BITCHES. what needs to happen is put all these people on a boat in route back to where they come from and sink it. The US was better off with out all these people.

By: niteman

niteman — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:56:10 +0000

THERE ARE SO MANY GREEDY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT THE SCAMMMERS ARE HAVING A BALL!!

P.S. MOST PEOPLE CAN’T SPELL “RECEIVE”…

By: flo3376

flo3376 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:28:49 +0000

i recieved a money gram money order with the cvs/pharmacy logo printed on it on july 29th by ups. It was in the amount of 790.00 and when i called the 1-800 number to verify it, they said it wasn’t a legitamate check. It was sent from a marie oslom 120 south bend seattle washington 98104. so just beware of these people.

By: kukufxr

kukufxr — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:07 +0000

UPDATE ON MY POST ABOVE. Carl Williams is a legit businessman whose credit card and UPS account number were stolen. The scammers then sent out dozens of UPS Overnight packages at his expense. Karen C. Welch in Savannah has a phone listed, but it is disconnected. And Fred Chambers, well, there is a Fred Chambers & Associates listed in Nigeria.

I had thought that Fred would at least be out the cost of the overnight UPS delivery, but dang if he didn’t figure out a way to run the entire scam at no cost to himself!

By: kukufxr

kukufxr — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:21:15 +0000

I was leasing out my condo in Florida and got a reply back from Apartments.com of a potential renter. Of course, he (Fred Chambers) was out of the country (Fiji, of all places). He claimed to be a “trained civil engineer” which made me wonder if there are untrained civil engineers out there. His “client” Carl Williams from 106 Dingmans Plaza in Dingmans Ferry, PA sent four $840 Safeway Moneygram checks that do not authenticate. Indeed, one is printed off-center. And yes, it is an overpayment and could I send via Western Union the excess to Karen C. Welsh at 12510 White Bluff Road, Apt. 1002 in Savannah GA. Maybe I’ll email Fred and ask him to send cash for his deposit.

By: Jamie_Reed04

Jamie_Reed04 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:33:17 +0000

i received a postal money order from this guy that offered me a mystery shopper position it was FedEx to my door overnight delivery for 890.17 this guy still keeps sending me emails to cash that money order and to do my assignment but my assignment was to cash the money order at Wal-mart and to only keep 250.00 of it and send it to another mystery shopper. but i took it to the post office and he told me it was counterfeit i think that its bullshit these people r getting away with this shit and getting innocent people in trouble i really want to catch this guy for what he did to me

By: jtshafran

jtshafran — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:58:31 +0000

please email the 800 number to safeway I also was scamed for 2300.00 and would like to talk with someone it seems as though no one will help i even deposited the money orders and waited for them to clear or i atleast thought they had ttwo days ago my bank notfied me they had bounced and want me to be responsible for them

By: monky1350

monky1350 — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:47:07 +0000

I too have recieved three moneygrams,[international money order] just 2 days ago. May19th 2009. My hubby checked these out with the 800 # and these all were written about a month ago for a lot less then what these three are written for . $875.00 each. these came from Morgan Lee associated with Gayle Simpson, Secret Shopper organization from out of Tuscon Arizona.. Be aware these scams are everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: winwash

winwash — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:28:45 +0000

i receaved two money orders $1,000 each and they were no good i know it was a scam to begin with to good to be true this was april 29 2009 and they are still doing this scam be on the look out for name micheal morrison and here is the email

fromMichael Morrison
towindowsks.com@gmail.com

dateWed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:54 AM
subjectHi, norman myers
mailed-byyahoo.com
signed-byyahoo.com

hide details Apr 29 (2 days ago) Reply

Hello norman,

First of all,i will like to apologise for the late delivery and i’m using this moment to inform you of the delivery of the first payment from my clients today 04-29-09 through Ups courier service; http://www.ups.com. Tracking number (1ZR02T740194649108). Once you received the payment(money orders) total $2000, deposit them in your bank account and make immediate withdrawal. Deduct 10% =$200 as your commission for the Job Offer.

Then you will proceed to the nearest western union office to send the balance of $1800 via western union money transfer to the information i provided below
( deduct the western union fees on the balance of $1800 ).Please write me immediately you received the payment ,for me to instruct my debtors and clients to proceed with other payment once you cash the first payment made in your favor.

Please make sure you get the money send very early in the morning after the payment delivered for me to instruct my clients to get the next payment to you .Make sure the transfer is successfully done .Here is the transfer details below :

Name: Yu-Lin Wang
City :Bakersfield
State :California

Send Money to be available in Minutes .

Make sure you send the below details once your return from Western Union .;

Sender’s Name :
Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) 10 digits Number:
Total Amount Sent :

And any other useful information that might aid in picking up the money.

Regards,

Michael Morrison

By: Kelly1980

Kelly1980 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:00:39 +0000

I work for one of those check cashing places and received 2 fraudulent money orders back in April of 2006 from Wal-Mart that were for $950 each. When I called the 800 number on the back, the money order was verified and I was told by the person on the other line it was ok to cash. So of course I cashed it, no questions asked. When I went to deposit them into my businesses bank account, they came back fraudulent obviously. They both look very real. So you all know, there was at some point in time someone verifying these counterfeit money orders. We have never been able to catch the person either that cashed them, but now that I look back I am pretty sure she ws aware they were bad. She had cashed 3 more earlier that week for $950 each with another check cashing company in another town. This girl got away with $4750.00 minus fees to cash.

By: Kelly1980

Kelly1980 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:58:46 +0000

I work for one of those check cashing places and received 2 fraudulent money orders back in April of 2006 from Wal-Mart. When I called the 800 number on the back, the money order was verified and I was told by the person on the other line it was ok to cash. So of course I cashed it, no questions asked. When I went to deposit them into my businesses bank account, they came back fraudulent obviously. They both look very real. So you all know, there was at some point in time someone verifying these counterfeit money orders. We have never been able to catch the person either that cashed them, but now that I look back I am pretty sure she ws aware they were bad.

By: Mike59901

Mike59901 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:04:12 +0000

I received two of the bad money orders with a Safeway Logo on them. I verified them through the phone number you have listed here and found they were duplicates. These are both for $1000.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:46:45 +0000

It seems like something is missing, no?

By: cliff21

cliff21 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:05:45 +0000

I have read a lot of blogs about the circumstances that all these people have endured with these on-line scammers. I think it’s about time, We (the victims) band together to catch these people. Because it’s quite simple; that if we are not getting the help from the authorities, and the head people at the banks and the ceo’s of these said banks.
It’s not like they dont know whats going on…
but they will hold you accountable for it.
So i think people need to take a stand for something. This is getting a bit out of hand.
If there is anyone out there, that wants to do something. ‘holler at me’ cliff21565@hotmail.com iwill work with govenment officials to do something, (not what we can-But something) Plaese people be safe out there. Because these people are good and they are coming at you. God Bless

By: emilyh13

emilyh13 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:39:55 +0000

I work at a credit union. On Friday, I received 2 moneygram money orders from Albertsons for 950.15. They felt funny, so I called the 1-800 number, and the both had been cashed a month earlier for 140 and 106. Today, I received 4 $950 moneygram money orders all for the same person, again I called the number, and all 4 were cashed in January for nowhere near the amount on the money orders. On all 6 checks, the pink circle that you rub to authenticate the check, did not turn white like it is supposed to.

By: taylor65

taylor65 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:23:44 +0000

I to have received 2 money orders in the amount of 920.00. They were moneygram money orders with the Albertson’s log on them. The job was for a mystery shopper at a western union and me not knowing about any of this, I cashed one of the money orders and a week later the place I cashed it at called me and told me it was fraudelent and it came back to the bank. So now I am confused. Do I have to be responsible for this money order or the person that cashed it? Please someone help me figure this out.

By: MisterG

MisterG — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:09:19 +0000

I think it’s high time banks started taking more responsibility in these transactions instead of automatically approving these phony money orders and later blaming unsuspecting consumers.

By: linkwalter3

linkwalter3 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:57:03 +0000

I JUST RECIEVED TWO SAFEWAY MONEYGRAMS i APPLYED ONLINE FOR A HOUSECLEANING JOB i have not recieved an address or anything but two moneygrams with instructions to keep 400.00 fpr myself and western uinion 1100.00 to the caretaker to come down with the house keys.

By: ollie08

ollie08 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:33:39 +0000

I received by US mail, 3 moneygrams from Safeway MoneyGram Money Orders. Each one was for 915.00.
Seemingly it was too good to be true. When I called Safeway, the person I spoke with told me that the numbers on the money orders were not in her system. She suggested that I take them to my local Police Department. When I did this, the police acted like it was no big deal but did tell me to go online to http://www.icp.gov.
I suppose everyone is trying to think of ways to make money in these trying times. How sad that others only want to take advantage of someone else. I am not certain but I think these people found me through job services I was browsing on line, while searching for employment. I think it was a well taught lesson, next time I am at a business and they request that I go on line to fill out applications and send resume’, I think I will say no….I’d rather just do this in person.
If I were to cash these moneygrams at my bank, I would have been held accountable for this money. My local police told me that no crime as been committed, so I suppose that printing up fake moneyorders, moneygrams, with the Safeway logo on it, isn’t a crime, just cashing them is. What a world, what world. Be safe out there, it’s not going to get any easier.

By: lewis42

lewis42 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:17:28 +0000

I recived 4- SAFEWAY and Money tree Money orders for 950.00 each and called 1-800 # to find out FAKE, FAKE,FAKE FAKE. For security or secr. shopper job (layed off from my job) this is bad now they have my name, its sad that just looking for work in this bad time can lead you to jail for just trying to feed youself. We need to stand aginst this so today everyone that this has happend to tell five people by email or phone also face to face with family & friends THANKS EVERYONE

By: mz_iconia

mz_iconia — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:23:08 +0000

I received 2 Albertson MoneyGrams each for the amount of 980.38. They arrived by Fed Ex Priority Overnight and came from:
Joanne Weston
2156 Kings Garden Way
Falls Church, VA 2204
I knew something was fishy so I took them too the grocery store. Albertson’s converted back to Lucky’s so it was obvious something was wrong. I called Money Gram and was told that the serial number on the check was an original number from a money order that was cashed back in May for not even half the amount. I called the number that was on the fed ex envelope and was told there was no one at the company by that name and they had received several calls pertaining to the same situation.

By: hennys

hennys — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:21:43 +0000

on november 4 2008 i receive two money orders for $850.00 each .it was from a cindy fish.i was surpose to send the payment to a mic james.iwas working for terrifc stories. though the kiji add .where i found this part time bussiness. i when i bought these money orders to my bank they notice something very wrong they rub the cirlce to see if it would come back. it did not the client told me they will be holding on to them for 15 bussiness days. i had no clue they where fake they look real to me., the person told me to send the payment to dubai . he even told me he was going report me to the fbi if i did not send them the money.

By: fannymcintosh

fannymcintosh — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:46:09 +0000

I received the same Frank James email, and supplied my name, address and phone, and closest Wal-Mart and Western Union store adddress. I knew that I would check them out before risking any money or property. I just wished I had done so befor giving them any info., but at least I did not give them my money. Thanks for helping us to help ourselves.

By: Billie

Billie — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:58:36 +0000

11/24/08
Today I received 2 Albertson MoneyGrams each for the amount of 980.38. They arrived by Fed Ex Priority Overnight and came from:
Joanne Weston
2156 Kings Garden Way
Falls Church, VA 22043

I was contacted by e-mail for a job opportunity to be a secret shopper. The job included going to various Wal Mart stores to the Western Union stores and filling out a survey on the service,store conditions,employee courtesy, and the overall store. The man that contacted me was called Frank James. His e-mail addresses were frank.mysteryshopper4444gmail.com or support@mysteryshopper.org. Please be advised that if you see these addresses to delete them and have nothing to do with these people. They are bad news. I know these money orders are no good. They are not embossed and the paper is plain. The numbers are 5799572971 and 5799572972. The routing # is 091900533. I have a detective coming to make a report when he is not busy a little later, but I live in a small town and it might not do any good. I have a relative that works for the FBI so I will call him and see what can be done from that end. Good Luck to all and be careful with your e-mail.

By: lonnyk

lonnyk — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:30:50 +0000

Today I received 2 fraudulent MoneyGram money orders for the amount of $850.00 each. They were sent from Gastonia, NC. via UPS. Its plain to see that they are counterfeit as they have no watermarks and don’t even have a phone number to call for verification. I received them as part of a supposed online job working for Terrific Stores/Promarts as their representative here in Canada. If anyone has had a similar run in with these people, be very careful and report anything you may think is criminal to your local authorities. These money orders also have Albertsons stamp on them. Good Day.

By: Redhawk F

Redhawk F — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:35:06 +0000

I have just received 4 questionable moneygrams but before I cashed them spoke with my bank mgr. She advised of the fraudulant nature of such schemes. I will call the 1-800 number you supplied to verify this. I suggest that anyone who is approached with such a deal do the same. Talk to your bank before cashing anything.

By: Larry Covington

Larry Covington — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:34:56 +0000

I think I have 6 counterfeit Safeway Moneygram money orders. What should I do with them?