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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

U.S. Postal-order Scams Surging

U.S. postal-order scams surging

"U.S. postal-order scams surging
By Tom Zeller Jr. The New York Times

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2005

Phony checks have been the stock in trade of online fraud artists for years. Now, the authorities say they are noticing a surge in schemes involving sophisticated counterfeiting of a different form of payment: U.S. postal money orders. And the fleecing of victims often begins in an e-mail inbox."