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January 16, 2008, 7:23 pm PST
01/16 Get Rich Quick Disasters
Quote From: mom2one2The "gimmick" to these is that they're all bogus! They'll send you a check, tell you to deposit or cash it, send them a specific amount, and the rest is yours to keep. Problem is that the original check is no good, but by the time you find that out, you've already sent them their portion, and you're liable to your bank for the balance. IF you're lucky, the bank will be suspicious of the check and refuse to cash it. You can check a lot of these out at www.snopes.com which is a great website to refer to on questionable internet info. I did actually receive a check from one of these places one time, even though I never e-mailed them or requested it. It was for around $4-$5000 and even though I was knowledgeable about these types of letters and scams, I was so broke that I actually got excited about it. I kept trying to justify how it could possibly be a real check. Of course, in the end I did not cash it.
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