Black Money Scam Information

Easy money is a dream held by almost everyone at some point in their lives, they win the lottery or find hidden treasure and all without pain or strain. 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. In this scam, a conman will contact the victim and proceed to convince them that they have real bills in this trunk or safe, and can give it to them for nothing at all, providing them with a couple of bills to prove their legitimacy.

Marks are told that the money has been dyed black in order to avoid customs inspections and taxes. The money has been turned black through a combination of raspberry Kool-Aid, iodine and white glue, as interviews with apprehended con artists have revealed.

There are several real bills treated in the same way and the rest of the container will be full of black construction paper, to convince the victim they are asked to choose a random bill to “restore” which is actually a genuine note the con artist has palmed and changes out for the randomly chosen piece of 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.

Finding the victim can be random and usually the intitial contact is made after sending millions of emails to random email accounts or even account names obtained by hacking. Not many people will actually respond, but correspondence will result in eventual phone conversations; if this happens to you, you can use http://tele-search.com/American-Samoa to find out whether or not they’re a legitimate source or service, or if that number has been linked to other scams.

Just as in the advanced fee scam, money will be requested in order to cover initial costs such as bribes, shipping fees, etc. No matter the reason they give, they want to get you to give them the money. Victims who then become suspicious of the scammers will then be force to sign a document that states that they know that this is illegal money and that they’ll be getting it by avoiding taxes and customs procedures, in order to make it seem legitimate.

Ripoffs are most efficient when they are new because like well done stage magic it takes watching and studying to figure out how they are doing it and where the “catch” is. However, even if a person is allowed to keep the trunk, suitcase, or whatever the funds are held in for a time until the solution is purchased, it is important to remember that it’s a con game and that the mark always looses, generally everything they have. Some Wash Wash Ripoff artists tell the victim that exposure to light or air will chemically alter the paper and render the money valueless, this buys them more time before the fraud is discovered and they use that time to request more cash from the victim supposedly to buy chemicals or pay more bribes.

Like I wrote before, people have sent reports to the police about how they were conned in these Black Money Scams, leading to arrests. Although one may be reluctant to report because they feel embarrassed for being duped, it is through these reports that governmental authorities can ensure the financial safety of everyone.