Cameroon Man ASHU GEORGE EBOT Caught in Fake Money 'Sting'

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Re: Cameroon Man ASHU GEORGE EBOT Caught in Fake Money 'Sting'

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Marty wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 9:36 am
Deefer wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 9:21 am This sounds like the black money scam, (not to be confused with counterfeiting) sometimes also known as the "black dollar scam" or "wash wash scam", is a scam where con artists attempt to fraudulently obtain money from a victim by convincing them that piles of banknote-sized paper in a trunk or a safe are actually currency notes that have been dyed to avoid detection by authorities. The victim is persuaded to pay fees and purchase chemicals to remove the dye, with the promise of a share in the proceeds.
Interesting, and sort of a high tech scam. I bet there's plenty who fall for it.
And it has the added benefit that the victim is committing a crime himself, which makes him less likely to go to the cops.
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