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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by Ar-Curunir on Monday January 23, 2017 @03:40PM (#13465782)
Really? At least you would test that the system works before handing over so much of your money to them, right?
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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by wheelerwj on Monday January 23, 2017 @07:25PM (#13467700)
you'd be surprised. A particularly common scam involves having the victim send 2000-2500 and the going for smaller amounts, $250-1000, on rounds 2+.

I'm not particularly well versed in romances scams but I've heard they can start in the similar range and then escalate into 5 figures quickly.

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