International Financial Scams – Internet Dating, Inheritance, Work Permits, Overpayment, and Money- Laundering (PDF; 655 KB)
Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs
From press release: “The Bureau of Consular Affairs’ Office of Overseas Citizen Services receives daily inquiries from American victims and potential victims of international financial scams. In some cases, Americans have been defrauded of thousands of dollars. Internet dating, inheritance, work permits, overpayment and money laundering are a few of the scams most recently reported to U.S. Embassies around the world. The International Financial Scams Brochure provides full detailed descriptions of the often sophisticated scams reported to U.S. Embassies and Consulates abroad, and includes samples of email messages and offers that have been sent to potential victims. As illustrated by the brochure, the perpetrators often prey on potential victims’ goodwill by fabricating increasingly complicated but believable scenarios.”

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