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Old 09-13-2018, 07:02 PM   #32
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You were lucky that the money transfer failed. That scheme is used for money laundry and illegal.
You might have landed in jail or having the IRS asking for taxes for those millions.
You do know that the banks are obligated to report large and / or international money transfers?

Both sending and receiving bank accounts would probably be terminated as soon as the money went through to cover the crooks' tracks.

You're right, the Internet has become a minefield full of traps and scams. Unfortunately, there's no end of that in sight and it's bound to only getting worse.
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