I know everyone here has heard of the movie "Catch Me if You Can" that was out last summer or so. But has anyone ever read the book written by the guy that movie was based on? Frank Abignal. Great book! It's a pretty short read, but still good. Anyway, basically all of the laws and regulations that the government and banks use today are direct results of frauds commited by him a long time ago. Very smart guy. He still works as a consultant doing this kind of stuff. I highly recommend picking it up.
Is this a RED-FLAG Fraud warning??
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I saw the movie not too long ago. Very interesting. I'm curious, is this guy still working for the FBI (or the government) for free? In other words, is he today still working off his prison time, or is he a free man now?
I just got the check today.
Boy, it's so real. I must say that if I wasn't hinted by his choice of words in his emails and so fourth that I would have never guessed that this would be a scam.
I called the Credit Union on the check and they told me that there was no check issued under that # and amount.
Here's where the fun begins .... What should I tell the scammer?
Boy, it's so real. I must say that if I wasn't hinted by his choice of words in his emails and so fourth that I would have never guessed that this would be a scam.
I called the Credit Union on the check and they told me that there was no check issued under that # and amount.
Here's where the fun begins .... What should I tell the scammer?
You could tell him that you prefer to wire transfer his portion of the funds to him. To do so you will need his swift code, routing number and account number. If he happens to give them to you, you can then look-up the bank and wire department contact information (I can provide, but would rather not do so publicly), and then call that bank and tell them what took place, where they could contact the local authorities.jerryho said:
He won't give you the account info though!
Tell him that you think he is full of it and send him a shirt that say I LOVE NSX PRIME and have him take a picture of it and send it to you then post it. I had people in 419 doing all kinda crazy stuff lolrof!
Now send out that I LOVE NSX PRIME Shirt 
I have gotten so many scam emails like that.
I usually forward their email addresses to websites that send out spam emails every second, or that give you updates on different things every minute (especially those ones that you cannot block emails addresses).
I usually forward their email addresses to websites that send out spam emails every second, or that give you updates on different things every minute (especially those ones that you cannot block emails addresses).
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