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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:17 pm

This was delivered to our local police. How dumb do they get?

North Bay Police Service spokesman Yvon Montcalm looks at a fake cheque and directions that came into police headquarters by courier.
Photo: Maria Calabrese

Oops! Scam artists target North Bay Police Service

Nugget Staff

Thursday, February 01, 2007 @ 08:00

Even North Bay Police Service isn't immune from the typical cash-for-nothing Scams operating these days.

The service recently received a $4,000 cheque made out to a fictitious person at police headquarters.

The cheque was drawn from a legitimate company in California.

An accompanying instruction sheet advised the receiver to cash it and then send a portion of the money back to the sender.

The city police fraud co-ordinator contacted the California company and advised its banking practices may have been compromised, while the firm confirmed the cheque was fake.

An instruction sheet that came with the cheque was written in broken English and it was obvious it was what is commonly referred to as a "Nigerian Scam," police say.

The fake cheque was delivered by a legitimate courier.

[mod edit: cleaned up a bit - KD]

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

Hi.
It has already been posted here:
http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=100359

Very Happy

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