i don't think kai wang is being intentional with his words, but news like this:

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/0...reut/index.html

just don't help the entire continent's image at all...

 

You can't tell they're fake unless you contact the retailer who sold the Money Order directly. The point is, these people had fraudulent money orders and was using my wife as a money filter. They ended up taking our money because now we are liable for the money that she cashed and out $2240.

 

We are not pissed at the situation, just in disbelief.
That is funny and probabaly sooooo true.

Life goes on!!

Let people know..

 

Wait, was the money wired to Nigeria or London? If it was Nigeria, that should have been a red flag immediately. Can't you file a claim or something with the bank that validated the money orders? It seems to me that it's their fault for not catching the counterfeit mo's. Money orders ARE like cash, you pay cash to buy a money order which is then sent out to the reciever. So, the bank should treat it as so...go after the bank.

 

That sucks. There should be an easier way for the banks/companies to know that the mo's are counterfiet. I feel bad for your wife.

Have you seen the movie, "Catch me if you can." It's interesting how far counterfieters will go.

 

Yeah, I guess I don't understand the point of money orders, then. It seems to me that if you give your bank counterfeit money orders or cash or whatever, they should evaluate it and it should be their concern, not yours. But I guess that's the way the world works, eh?

 

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[quote name='pantyraider' date='Feb 10 2005, 01:03 PM'] Wait, was the money wired to Nigeria or London?

 

You should contact the news media and let them know so they can get the word out and keep other's from being scammed the same way.

 

There are countless stories out there from CNN and MSNBC. If you google "counterfeit money orders" and Nigeria there are stories from Iowa, to Colorado, to Texas, etc. involving this kind of scam.