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On the 19 August I received an email from an Usher James who gave his address in Northern Ireland and a telephone number. He stated that his daughter was coming to the UK and wanted to study Tai chi whilst here. She is fifteen.
I used to be a teacher of Business Studies and thought it strange that anyone would let their daughter lose in Skegness on the east coast of the UK all the way from Ireland. Also that he spelt check wrongly.
I did write back and confirmed I did in fact teach the subject and agreed an amount of money. I accept I thought it strange but there you go.
Eventually he stated I would receive a cheque for £2900 and that I must take my £250 I had agreed and he would tell me where to send the rest of the money. Essentially sending the remainder £2,650 via a wire transfer to another account.
(It can takes up to 10 days for a cheque to clear. The funds can actually appear in the account straight away to use. What could have happened is that after sending the remaining money on to another account the cheque would have bounced leaving me with the loss.)
I wrote and said “I did not want £2900 only the £250 agreed”.
£2900 did appear and I returned it to the address given - I have not received it back yet and sure will do, as I sent it by recorded delivery. It was then [and I should have checked this out] I found the post code was of a library and the house did not exist. The road did.
I rang the Fraud Section of the Police and they assured me that these scams go on. If I had banked the cheque then after three days they would have told me that the money is in my account and to send the rest to a person, the bank would then bounce the cheque and take back the money from my account ;leaving me out of pocket.
The cheque was drawn on Pavilion asset Management and is not now FSA registered. One has to ask if some people have stolen a cheque book.
I am telling you this for you to avoid such scams. Yes I was caught but lost no money. I used to teach law and accountancy and did not see through it though as I said did think it strange.
Please do not get caught. The name was Usher James and James Usher is a high up person in Northern Ireland Church. Take care.
If you wish to email me please do so via this site address who will pass messages to me.
TRANSCRIPT OF TELEPHONE CALL TO FRAUD OFFICE
[Phil - from Fraud Office] suggested that this was a fraud where they suck in people and then when the cheque is banked they ask for the money to be sent elsewhere and the cheque has not actually cleared. So the person is then having to repay the money to the bank as they take it as the cheque did not clear.
Phoned 15.00 12th September 2011
http://www.healers2006.co.uk
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