Perpetrators of Advance Fee fraud are so contemptuous of victims that they will rip them off coming and going.
By "coming and going" I mean that, after swindling them, the crooks try to extract even more cash from their quarry by riding to their rescue. Which is to say: Jamaican scammers try to get even more money from victims, by pretending to help them recover the money they stole.
All for a fee, of course, payable in advance, in cash.
This con - commonly known as a Recovery scam or "reloading" - was run repeatedly on my father. Though the approach was basically the same each time, my dad's would-be rescuers varied, and included fictitious characters such as
All for a fee, of course, payable in advance, in cash.
This con - commonly known as a Recovery scam or "reloading" - was run repeatedly on my father. Though the approach was basically the same each time, my dad's would-be rescuers varied, and included fictitious characters such as
- Internal investigators from Publisher's Clearing House, and Wachovia Bank
- FBI and IRS agents
- Officials from the FTC
- Representatives of bogus watchdog and anti-fraud organizations
- Goodhearted colleagues of "the bad guys"
