Interesting FYI, especially if someone goes to sell a car, and
the car or money involve an overseas transfer (of either).
Matt Murray
Scam involving cashier's checks is gaining steam
By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff | September 26, 2004
Abigail R. Safran was taken for more than $5,000 earlier this
year in
what appears to be a burgeoning scam involving counterfeit
cashier's
checks, but the Northeastern University student is balking at
paying
back the money because she says her bank bears some of the
responsibility.
Safran deposited a $7,230 cashier's check at FleetBoston last
June
and the next day withdrew more than $5,100 and wired it to what
she
thought was a company preparing to ship furniture to a woman who
was
going to sublet her apartment.
It turned out to be an elaborate scam. The woman never showed up
to
sublet the apartment, the money disappeared, the cashier's check
turned out to be counterfeit, and Fleet is now demanding that
Safran
reimburse it for the $5,100 she withdrew from her account.
''At this point, they can totally ruin my credit," Safran said.
''I
honestly don't know what to do."
Safran is the latest victim in a scam that seems to be
snowballing in
size and sophistication. Banking industry officials say millions
of
dollars are being sucked out of consumer bank accounts and out of
the
country by scam artists operating largely from abroad.
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http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/09/26/
scam_involving_cashiers_checks_is_gaining_steam/
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