In these dire financial times, it’s far too easy to jump on an irresistible offer for a great amount of free money that costs you nothing. However, life has taught us that nothing comes for free, and if something’s too good to be true, it usually is. The Wash Wash ripoff is a relatively new ripoff and uses misdirection combined with technology of a virtuoso level to accomplish this and lure in victims.
The wash wash ripoff bears some resemblance to the other advanced fee ripoffs, differing only in that there is a container of cash involved to further hook the mark. The mechanics of the ripoff are relatively simple and yet devious, a mark is identified and contacted in some fashion and then convinced there is a container of real money and a few genuine bills are shown in their demonstration to further reel in the victim.
International shipping regulations and income taxes are cited as reasons to tint the money black and it is usually a most plausible excuse. Elmer’s glue has been used to coat the cash and which is then tinted by the simple expedient of using a red drink or simple idodine. The glue changes the consistency of the cash and the drink or medical iodine changes the color.
With the rest of the encasement actually filled with black construction paper, when one is asked to pick a bill it is swapped out with the treated one using slight-of-hand. The palmed cash that was cleverly switched is then treated with a simple solution that removes the coloring and the victim is thereby convinced the entire trunk is full of genuine bank notes.
The victim typically receives an email that was sent randomly among a list of email addresses that the scam artists pick up for one reason or another. Not many people will actually respond, but correspondence will result in eventual phone conversations; if this happens to you, you can use http://telephone-records-search.com/763/634/ to find out whether or not they’re a legitimate source or service, or if that number has been linked to other scams.
Just as in the advanced fee scam, money will be requested in order to cover initial costs such as bribes, shipping fees, etc. This will go on with different reasons as long as the mark is willing to pay. When they become suspicious then the face-to-face magic trick will be presented at which time the mark will also have to sign a paper indicating they understand that the money was accrued through ill-gotten means or that it will be provided circumventing customs procedures and taxes.
All sorts of new scams take time for people to catch on, which is what makes scams so lucrative when they first begin, for the con man at least. There is no way to win with a ripoff artist and with ripoffs like these even “proof” such as the victim taking the trunk with them to keep in a secure place, is of anything but another misdirection. A container full of black construction paper has no value because the ripoff artists will do anything to keep the money flowing from the victim. If the con artist tells you to avoid opening it for fear of tampering with the dye through oxygen, you should be suspicious.
As mentioned previously, there have been some arrests in these Black Money Scams mostly because of reports by those who were fleeced. Although one may be reluctant to report because they feel embarrassed for being duped, it is through these reports that governmental authorities can ensure the financial safety of everyone.