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08-07-2005, 04:16 AM
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 Re: Fraud alert Dick Adams wrote: - quote - > A friend called me about a job offer clearing checks for
About the time you posted this they had a news story on TV> foreign companies where they pay you 5% for accepting > customer checks for them, passing them through your checking > account, and remitting the balance to them. > Sounds good! But they send you bogus checks and, if you > don't wait for the check to clear your bank, you have a > theft loss for the funds you remitted to them. > Make your clients aware of this. about people getting taken, sometimes for large sums of money. I think much of the initial contacts are made via e-mail (always worthy of high suspicion) on the Internet. Nathaniel << ================================================== ===== > << The foregoing is intended for educational purposes only > << and does NOT constitute legal OR professional advice. > << > << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting > << messages to this newsgroup are at www.asktax.org. > << Copyright (2005) - All rights reserved. > << ================================================== ===== > |
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07-17-2005, 07:42 AM
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| Re: Fraud alert Dick Adams <rdadams[at]smart.net> wrote: - quote - > A friend called me about a job offer clearing checks for
Even if they "clear" they're bogus, and you'll be out the> foreign companies where they pay you 5% for accepting > customer checks for them, passing them through your checking > account, and remitting the balance to them. > Sounds good! But they send you bogus checks and, if you > don't wait for the check to clear your bank, you have a > theft loss for the funds you remitted to them. money when they bounce a few weeks or months later. Seth << ================================================== ===== > << The foregoing is intended for educational purposes only > << and does NOT constitute legal OR professional advice. > << > << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting > << messages to this newsgroup are at www.asktax.org. > << Copyright (2005) - All rights reserved. > << ================================================== ===== > |
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07-15-2005, 01:44 PM
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| Re: Fraud alert Dick Adams wrote: - quote - > A friend called me about a job offer clearing checks for
Overseas checks must 'clear' Twice: once at your bank (meaningless)> foreign companies and then at the overseas bank, and that can take weeks. Talk to your bank manager if you ever try this. - quote - > where they pay you 5% for accepting
<< ================================================== ===== > << The foregoing is intended for educational purposes only > << and does NOT constitute legal OR professional advice. > << > << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting > << messages to this newsgroup are at www.asktax.org. > << Copyright (2005) - All rights reserved. > << ================================================== ===== >
> customer checks for them, passing them through your checking > account, and remitting the balance to them. > Sounds good! But they send you bogus checks and, if you > don't wait for the check to clear your bank, you have a > theft loss for the funds you remitted to them. > Make your clients aware of this. |
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07-15-2005, 07:31 AM
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| Fraud alert A friend called me about a job offer clearing checks for foreign companies where they pay you 5% for accepting customer checks for them, passing them through your checking account, and remitting the balance to them. Sounds good! But they send you bogus checks and, if you don't wait for the check to clear your bank, you have a theft loss for the funds you remitted to them. Make your clients aware of this. << ================================================== ===== > << The foregoing is intended for educational purposes only > << and does NOT constitute legal OR professional advice. > << > << Just tell the IRS auditor you read it on the Internet. > << > << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting > << messages to this newsgroup are at www.asktax.org. > << Copyright (2005) - All rights reserved. > << ================================================== ===== > |
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