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Is this Fraud or Legit??

I had a person contact me from Africa in need of help cashing and sending money to another person.....I received 3400.00 in money orders and all I'm to do is cash it, keep 10% and send the remaining to this person. Suposedly it's for Art work and they need a middle person so that they can avoid high tax xharges.....Is this legal....What should I do now that I have the actual money???

Update:

This is not the 4-1-9 scam, although it sounds like it ..... It does sound 2 good 2 B Tru.... The money orders look real atleast The wtaermarks and the security strip is there......

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    GOOGLE 'NIGERIAN 419 SCAM' ITS A TRUE SCAM..BUT..YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF FUN TROLLING THE GUY IF YOU DO IT RIGHT. I SUGGEST OPENING A FAKE YAHOO E-MAIL ACCOUNT AND HAVE A BALL,I KEPT A GUY GOING FOR 3 WEEKS! AT LEAST YOU WASTE HIS'/HER TIME AND AHVE FUN WHILE KEEPING THE SCAMMER TIED UP FOR AWHILE...TRY ALSO GOOGLING "419 SCAM BATING" THERE WILL BE A FEW SITES TO TELL YOU HOW TO LEAD THEM ON WITHOUT SOUNDING LIKE YOUR SCAMMING THE SCAMMER

  • Norm
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    This is a scam. You should contact someone like the police or your state attourney general and give them the money orders. You do not have actual money, you have money orders which are probably no good. What they want you to do is cash the money orders and send them money. By the time the bank tells you the money orders were bad, your money will be gone for good.

  • 1 decade ago

    Doesn't sound legal to me especially with the tax situation. I would send the money back to the people. I got something like this via email and it's just a scam. Don't do it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Contact the police or better yet the postal service. They handle mail fraud investigations. The FBI probably works on things like that too.

    Whatever you do, don't cash the money orders.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    "THIS A SCAM". You do not have their money. You have a bad check or money order that they want you to deposit and send them the cash .This is a Nigerian scam. Do not, I repeat, do not get involved. Throw the money order away.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Chippy Mart just ripped me off with 500M. Please don't trust them.... They tell you to wait while sending you the money and then they SHUT down their website for a while.... Representative's name Hasan.... A TOTAL FRAUD A SCAM

  • 1 decade ago

    If this happened to me, every warning mechanism I have would be going crazy.

    Check with authorities. Before you end up in jail.

  • 1 decade ago

    i wouldn't cash the money orders. seems too good to be true

  • 1 decade ago

    Its more than likely a PONZI scheme.

    Go to your local BBB (Better Business Bureau) and let them check it out.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    This is FRAUD and is a SCAM!!! Do not answer this and delete it

    as spam.

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