Thread: Is this a scam?
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Old 10-06-2009, 08:54 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Moonliner View Post
For example you could say that time is critical, and insist that daddy sends you a check via overnight service.... Costing them $$$. etc...
This particular scam almost always uses such services anyway, for two reasons.

1. Their outlay of cash to ship a check express makes people more comfortable with it. Surely, a scammer wouldn't spend the $15 they think.

2. They don't want to send their fraudulent check through the USPS and thus committing mail fraud which makes things much worse if they do get caught. (not sure if this is actually true or just believed to be true)
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