Western Union Scam : How Promptly You Can Spot and Avoid ?
Western union scam is one of the latest scam , these days making rounds all over.
Scam artists for instance , always master mind the swindling tactics through Western Union method of payment.
Most often, in this whole process ,scam artists pretend to be seller , generally selling items at low price to lure the victims. When the victim is trapped with low fraud prices , he asked to wire money through Western Union , where the seller asks for Western Union MTCN or the money transfer number , usually which criminals targets , gains access to any Western Union world wide and buyer never receives anything which he has already paid.
While scammer has to do to collect money that is transferred to them via Western Union is to visit their local Western Union agent, give them the ten-digit money transfer control number (MTCN) Money Transfer control number of the transfer and answer a test question, which is information they will have been given by their victim.
Western union scam can be any form and in any face . It can smoothly spotted out when :
-Things are offered normally , less than market price .
-Winning online auction bid & seller(scammer) will asks for only payments.
A Lottery prize or even sometimes stimulus payment can attract the victim to pay the taxes.
Sometimes low cost interest loans are also sponsored ,but scam artist ask to pay the processing fees in advance .
There fore now the question remains How to Avoid Western Union Scam ?
-Check out the detail service at western credit union website .
-Know whom exactly you are dealing with , in terms of transactions.
-Test Question” feature is designed for emergency situations where the receiver will not have proper identification. It should never be used as additional security to time or delay payment of a transaction.
-Strictly avoid paying for online auction purchases via online.
-Western union doesn’t ask any personal information or any security question in terms of any transactions, therefore do not respond to any question ask by western union .
-Always be careful while dealing with international banking transactions i.e outside countries .
-Better Business Bureau and State Attorney General Office of Consumer Affairs are the best options to be approached ,if some one tries to defraud you .
source : alibaba.com
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