Dave
New Westminster,#2Consumer Suggestion
Wed, December 20, 2006
File a complaint with the FTC -- you can do that online at FTC.gov. Include all details that you can verify. Anything you mailed to them that they received. Phone numbers that you called. Web site URL, email addresses that they responded to. Tell everyone you know that how you got scammed was by sending money by wire. If the recipient isn't someone that you know personally, wiring money is the same as lighting it on fire. No legitimate business needs to use a wire transfer. The banking network is faster. Even if you have a pile of cash (from under the mattress) that you want to spend, do not go into Western Union, Go to a bank and have the money deposited directly into the business' bank account. Never send money through wire -- unless it's your Mother.