Scams Information And Prevention Methods
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010Everyone would like to think that at some point in their lives a money tree will rain bills upon their heads and solve all their financial woes. For most people that dream is never realized and eventually they accept that it not too much in life is easily gained. The year 2000 saw a new scam to arrive on the scene, called the Black Money Scam, and it’s so advanced and sly that many people don’t even realize they’re being scammed.
The wash wash ripoff bears some resemblance to the other advanced fee ripoffs, differing only in that there is a container of cash involved to further hook the mark. The mechanics of the ripoff are relatively simple and yet devious, a mark is identified and contacted in some fashion and then convinced there is a container of real money and a few genuine bills are shown in their demonstration to further reel in the victim.
International shipping regulations and income taxes are cited as reasons to tint the money black and it is usually a most plausible excuse. Elmer’s glue has been used to coat the cash and which is then tinted by the simple expedient of using a red drink or simple idodine. The glue changes the conssistency of the cash and the drink or medical iodine changes the color.
Despite the handful of bills shown to you being real dollar bills, sleight-of-hand and trickery is used to prevent you from realizing that the rest of the money is just construction paper. The palmed cash that was cleverly switched is then treated with a simple solution that removes the coloring and the victim is thereby convinced the entire trunk is full of genuine bank notes.
Marks are originally contacted via email after thousands or millions of memos have been sent to accounts found through either hacking of user accounts or by contacting accounts randomly. Millions of attempts will be made for only a few responses but once a victim responds with an expression of interest then the method contact will move to telephone calls with the victim’s permission and this is one of the prime reasons to use special phone services like tele-search.com/North-Carolina/Reidsville/336/280 so you can verify this is truly the party they have represented themselves as.
You’ll often be asked for money to address shipping fees and other costs that might be inherent in the transfer of the money. No matter the reason they give, they want to get you to give them the money. The next step of this ripoff is to hook the mark further by having them sign a document stating they know they are doing something illegal such as accepting money acquired by drug dealing or theft, or an intent to avoid taxes, this is only done when the victim seems to be catching on and this is also the time when the “proof” will be presented and the victim shown how the cash is real using the fake bill switch.
All sorts of new scams take time for people to catch on, which is what makes scams so lucrative when they first begin, for the con man at least. There is no way to win with a ripoff artist and with ripoffs like these even “proof” such as the victim taking the trunk with them to keep in a secure place, is of anything but another misdirection. A container full of black construction paper has no value because the ripoff artists will do anything to keep the money flowing from the victim. An indicator would be if told not to open it as exposure to air will prevent a reversal of the dye process.
The Wash Wash Ripoff has been reported on occasion by victims and the few arrests made and were due to the victims reports to the authorities. Ripoff artists rely on the victim’s shame at being misled to escape detection and delay the authorities search for them but a brave victim who reports can help stop these fraud attempts and save others from the same fate.
