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How To...  Detect if you may be involved in a fraud or about to get scammed



FBI Fraud Alert:

If you can answer "Yes" to any of the following questions, be careful. You may be involved in a FRAUD or about to be SCAMMED!

  1. Is the CHECK or payment from an item that you sold on the internet, but is for MORE than the item's selling price?
  2. Did you recieve the check by an overnight delivery service?
  3. Is the check connected to communicationg with someone by email?
  4. Is the check drawn on a business or personal account that is different from the person buying your product?
  5. Have you been informed that you were the winner of a LOTTERY that you did not enter? Perhaps a foreign lottery such as Canadian, Australian, El Gordo or El Mundo...
  6. Have you been instructed to either "WIRE", "SEND" or "SHIP" money, as soon as possible, to a large U.S. city or to another country such as Canada, England or Nigeria?
  7. Have you been asked to PAY money to recieve a deposit from another country?
  8. Are you recieving PAY or COMMISION for facilitating money transfers through your account?
  9. Did you respond to an email requesting you to CONFIRM, UPDATE or PROVIDE you account information?

Check out this website, www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com for more information on internet fraud

 
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