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To: Neeka who wrote (14252)	1/11/2024 10:04:40 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14270

Good on him to do this. In my younger days I used to seek out scammers and give them a big run around. But in my case they had no US presence and reporting them to Spanish police was useless. One of the common scams goes like this: The perp stakes out an online auction (say eBay) for who has missed on a high price item (e.g. a laptop). He then messages you and says that he has an identical or better item at about half the price, but he is not authorized to sell it in the US. He is willing to trust you and mail the item. You can pay him once you receive and inspect it. But to be sure that you operate in good faith, he wants you to send him the money via Western Union and put a password on it. After you are satisfied with the merchandise, you can send him the password so he can retrieve the money. The problem is that is not the purpose of a password. The purpose of the password is to help a stranded person without id be able to prove too WU they are the intended recipient and get their money. For example if your friend has his luggage and purse stolen and is stranded without an id, she can call you and you will send her money with a password that you will tell her. However, once you send someone the money, the person can show id and claim it. So in this case, the scammer would run to the WU office with their valid id and claim the money.