Nigerian Scammers & Check Clearing
After mentioning the Nigerian scammer strategy of sending too large a check--which is a forgery or otherwise invalid--and then taking a refund check from the victim, a reader pointed me to this case. At first glance, it doesn't seem like the defrauded lawyer has much of a case--but Citibank apparently told him the $367,500 check he had deposited had cleared--when it hadn't (nor could it).
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