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Disclaimer: We are not attorneys and don't pretend to be. In our experience, the solutions offered in this section have proven to be effective; however, we always recommend that you consult with an attorney.
Stay out of debt and stay out of jail: The legal truth about work-at-home money, package, and check forwarding jobs
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Credit Cards:
You have withdrawn the money from your credit card account but have not spent or sent it
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MILD AMBER ALERT Your credit card company will debit your credit card account the moment they receive notice from the account holder's bank of the stolen funds deposit into your credit card account. This means you will be charged interest on balance due, which could be substantial if you withdrew a large amount. It also means you will have a black mark on your line of credit. You need to act quickly to forestall action by your credit card company. |
Cease all
correspondence with the scammers. Do not open or answers their
emails. If you have caller ID, do not answer their calls.
If you do answer the phone, hang up as soon as you realize who is calling you.
If they persist, blow a whistle into the telephone. If you are
being threatened, please go here:
http://www.fraudaid.com/threats.htm
If you have been
corresponding with the scammers by email and/or have gone to a web
site they told you is theirs, you are at high risk of Identity Theft
even if you have bad credit. Go here:
www.fraudaid.com/id_theft.htm.
File a Scam Email
Report with our Law Enforcement Support Division. You will
find step-by-step graphic instructions for your email service here:
www.fraudaid.com/find_headers.htm.
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MONEY ORDER WARNING! Counterfeiters are now inventing the names of money order companies. DO NOT CASH any money order and DO NOT DEPOSIT any money order you receive from someone you do not know or someone you met online without ordering your bank to send it for collection. |
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DO NOT WITHDRAW ANY FUNDS FROM YOUR ACCOUNT to spend or to send to anyone without asking your bank if they have been paid. Even with a hold, your account is credited before your bank has been paid. If the draft you deposited comes back because it was stolen, forged, or is a counterfeit you will owe your bank all the money plus return charges. www.fraudaid.com/check_liability.htm |
You have withdrawn the money from your credit card account but have not spent or sent it:
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Western Union and MoneyGram were designed to send money to friends and family, not to send money to strangers. NEVER WIRE MONEY TO A STRANGER! |
Immediately contact your credit card company using the 800 number on the
back of your card.
Ask for the Fraud
Department.
When you are transferred to the Fraud Department, make note of the date and time of your call, and the name and title of the person you are speaking to.
Give them the
amount of your last transaction (charge or payment).
Tell them you just
learned that you have been the victim of an Internet scam.
Tell them that the
credit in the amount of $____________, dated ___________ did not come from you and is
not valid.
Tell them you have
the money in hand and ask for the quickest way to credit your
account.
Tell them that when
the amount is credited to your account you want it sent back to
wherever it came from.
Ask for a new card
number or whole new account.
If you are assigned
a new card number, monitor your account very carefully. It is
possible, though rare, for fresh unauthorized transactions using the old card
number to be recorded on your account anyway.
Check your balance
to ensure the funds have been removed from your account.
If they have not
been removed, call the credit card company again and continue doing
so until the amount has been removed.
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If your circumstances do not fit the above solution or if you have difficulties negotiating with your credit card company or law enforcement please write to so we can review your problem and offer alternate solutions or intervention. |
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