Benton Woman helps Police uncover Nigerian Scam
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Benton Police believe they have busted a major Nigerian Scam after a tip from a lady resident helped them arrest Paul Wesley Faulkner, 49 of Little Rock. The woman, who got acquainted with Faulkner at her Church, called up the police after she received a suspicious looking package on Faulkner’s behalf and opening it, found million-dollar stashes of fake checks and money orders.
The woman, requesting to remain unidentified, said Faulkner befriended her at Church and introduced himself as working on behalf of a charitable organization in Africa. Before long, he got around the woman to agree to receive packages meant for him at her address. He asked her, however, not to open the packages under any circumstance.
When his package turned up, it’s quaint shape immediately aroused the woman’s suspicion. She decided to have a look and on opening it found a huge stash of counterfeit checks and money orders.
She informed the police and told them the time that Faulkner was to come to collect the package. Police apprehended Faulkner while he was on his way after collecting the package from the woman’s residence.
In the consignment, Police found fake money orders of Western Union, American Express, and Wal-Mart Money Grams as also fake checks of the Municipal Credit Union and the Woodforest National Bank. Total worth of the fake documents amounted to nearly $3 Million.
Detective Eric Haworth of the Benton Police Department had this to say on the arrest:
People need to be aware that scams do exist, and if they come into contact with suspicious activity like this, to contact the police. If they have possession of money-grams, money orders, checks and other forged items like this and try to pass them off, they can be charged with forgery, too.
The best course to take, he advises, is to “just call the police.”
Source: BentonCourier.com
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