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Old 23-02-2006, 01:21:56 PM     #7 (permalink)
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As bb99 rightly points out, this is a classic scam. Once the bank has worked out that the payment was fradulent, you are going to have that money taken back out of your account by them.

The whole reason the scam works is that the foreign clearing systems involved can take a very long time to validate payments of this size (such payments are extremely small fry as far as the banks are concerned).

I am thinking you might be able to capitalise on this situation by temporarily moving the money to a high interest account, but I am not sure about this. Either way, be prepared to have the money taken back.

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