Biz Direct MarketKnowing When To Make A Good Decision

Aug 02, 2010: We received a letter in the mail which had a check and a notification. It said that we’d won a foreign lottery! So far so good, after all who does not like free money especially lotteries. The next step was to deposit the check but there was a catch which raised our suspicion. We’re told to keep the portion representing our winning and wire transfer $3000 back to cover the taxes so that we could collect the rest of our winnings! Our inner voice whispered “Scam, Scam, Scam!”

Now let us present an anatomy of a check scam. Its always fun to unravel the details of a scam. The best part is to let our friends and relatives know about it so that they don’t fall prey to ever new vicious scams.

Should we wire money to a stranger?

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