[scam]
>Funds become available and the victim
wires the money out, comfortable that he's advanced none of his own money
but, instead, has acquired a lot more money by his action.  his own money
but, instead, has acquired a lot more money by his action.  When the check
comes back counterfeit, the victim finds out just how wrong he was.  He is
liable not only for his portion of the funds, but also for the portion that
was wired out.  Needless to say, he can't get the wired funds back. <

Funds become available immediately (???)... and only sometime later is the
cashier's cheque scrutinized and turns out to be a  fake??? What kind of a
Fred Flintstone banking system does that happen in? 

And 'the wiring out' cannot be cancelled? That is way cool. So why do the
Nigerians even need gullible in-betweens, then? How hard is it to set up a
US account with fake SS#? Doesn't even have to be fake, come to think of
it.  Lemme talk to my local forger, cashier's cheques are easy ...

The other new twist of the 'Nigerian scam' that arrives these days is the
'distant unknown relative' that has suddenly died, and ... yadda yadda ..

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