The U.S. Postal Service is warning residents against a recent Internet scam in which the perpetrators attempt to lure people into cashing counterfeit postal money orders for them. Patrick Bernardo, postal inspector in New Haven, said the city is seeing a few people coming in each week trying to cash the counterfeit money orders. Yesterday, we had three or four of them," Bernardo said. "It is happening in Connecticut and all around the nation.
AMONG various scams hustled through the Internet, the latest appears to be trafficking in counterfeit U.S. Postal Service money orders. These small slips of paper have become a major type of currency, and they're easier to duplicate than paper money, so it's natural that crooks have latched onto them. The FBI and postal inspectors say 160 Americans have been arrested since October on charges of trying to obtain money through counterfeit money orders - and around 4,000 of the phony slips have been seized.
The U.S. Supreme Court's Booker decision does not apply to restitution or forfeiture orders, the en banc 3rd Circuit has ruled. Defendants in three separate cases were convicted of various crimes, including mail fraud, wire fraud, aiding and abetting bank fraud and attempting to sell counterfeit money to a government informant. All had restitution and/or forfeiture orders imposed on them by the sentencing judge.
... in a conspiracy to possess and pass counterfeit instruments. On appeal, ... possess and pass counterfeit money orders with intent to defraud, in violation of 18U...
People might feel comfortable accepting money orders to complete financial transactions, but authorities say the payment method is no longer safe. Scam artists are using counterfeit money orders to hustle people out of money, said Lt. Michael Frank, a spokesman for the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.
Dear Annie: I recently lost my job of 13 years. While checking out various employment listings, I came across a work-at-home position. I did a quick Google search and found that the company had several locations throughout the eastern portion of the country, all with what seemed to be actual addresses and phone numbers, so I thought the job would be OK to accept. As it turned out, the whole thing was nothing but a huge scam, and I got sucked right into it. The job involved cashing money orders from the company's customers and then wiring it to Canada. As a result of all the money orders having been counterfeit, I am on the hook to my bank for nearly $25,000.
In a fraud that has surfaced several times recently, a Salmon Creek-area man wired $13,000 in cash to a scam artist who asked him to cash postal money orders that turned out to be counterfeit. Michael Acker, 28, told officers he'd posted his name on a Yahoo job-search site and, in mid-March, was contacted by a man who said his name was John Webber, according to a Clark County Sheriff's Office report.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) Counterfeit U.S. Postal Service money orders that have appeared in Klamath Falls this week are part of an overseas scam, authorities said. Susan Shults of Klamath Falls was among those targeted by the scam, but she caught on before it was too late.
The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: * Employees reported a man exchanged $600 in counterfeit $20 bills for two $300 money orders at 3:35 p.m. Saturday at Allsup's, 2007 Calle Lorca.
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