Shopping for your cash - Consumer affairs, news, government watchdog - The Advocate - Times Union
Shopping for your cash - Consumer affairs, news, government watchdog - The Advocate - Times Union: "A scam targeting Capital Region residents has some people believing they are actually being hired for a job. Really, it’s a clever con that attaches a virtual vacuum cleaner to a gullible person’s checking account.
Richard Ragone of Delmar is out thousands, because an outfit calling itself Nationwide Marketing Co. of Akron, Ohio, said it would hire him to be a mystery shopper, and pay him to pose as a customer and rate the service at stores and restaurants. Once Ragone accepted the “job,” he received in the mail what appeared to be a certified check made out in his name for $3,900. His instructions were to deposit the check in his account, wait a few days, and then wire all but $100 to Medoc, Ontario, a town two hours from Toronto.
Of course, the catch is that the check was a forgery. And by the time a bank flagged the deposit as fraudulent, Ragone had already sent the cash across an international border, where the recipient, and his money, vanished."
Richard Ragone of Delmar is out thousands, because an outfit calling itself Nationwide Marketing Co. of Akron, Ohio, said it would hire him to be a mystery shopper, and pay him to pose as a customer and rate the service at stores and restaurants. Once Ragone accepted the “job,” he received in the mail what appeared to be a certified check made out in his name for $3,900. His instructions were to deposit the check in his account, wait a few days, and then wire all but $100 to Medoc, Ontario, a town two hours from Toronto.
Of course, the catch is that the check was a forgery. And by the time a bank flagged the deposit as fraudulent, Ragone had already sent the cash across an international border, where the recipient, and his money, vanished."
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