112th Precinct Community Council

Money order overpayment SCAM by Heidi Harrison Chain

Warning

The 112th precinct recently discussed a scam that is affecting our community. People who are selling things are being scammed by receiving bogus money orders for more money than the price of the item being sold (or the rent being charged). The scammer sends the bogus money order and then asks the victim to return the extra money in a check. The victim’s bank will cash the bogus money order. The victim then writes the check back to the scammer. Then, the money order credit on the statement is reversed after the bank attempts to process the money order and the victim is out the money. The precinct indicated that scam is occurring multiple times a week in our community. Do not let it happen to you.