MoneyGram Money Transfers Complaint

MoneyGram Money transfers department,

Domestic (US) money transfer Fraud or scam Fraud or scam North Carolina

1. When I attempted to sell my truck on -, I was contacted by a scam artist who conned me into depositing a phony check for $4700.00 into my account with the - - - - ( - ) with the intent of me taking $2500.00 as payment for the truck and sending the rest ( $2200.00 ) via Money Gram to a person who was supposedly going to pick up and deliver the truck to the buyer 's location. Sometime after I sent him the $2200.00, - froze my account because the check was a fake. So, not only did I send $2200.00 to a crook, I am also getting stuck by - with paying the face amount of the check. My complaint is not so much with Wal-Mart, from whom the Money Gram was purchased ; rather, I wish there were a better way for - to keep criminals from using its website to perpetrate theft. And, of course, I am particularly upset with the individual crook, whose real name I may never know. Details follow.


-. - asked how much I was selling the vehicle for. I texted him back a price of $2500.00. We had various texts back and forth and eventually agreed on the following terms : - would send me a check for $4700.00. I would deposit that check into my bank account and take $2500.00 as payment for the truck. He said that I should take what was left from the check after extracting my payment to WalMart and use - to wire the money ( $2200.00 ) to his mover, " - -, '' who supposedly resided at the following address : - - -, -, - -. - was supposed to pick the truck up and deliver it to -. I discovered that WalMart did not have any - - business, so we agreed that I could use a WalMart Money Gram to send the funds. 3. On - - 2015, I purchased the Money Gram at the WalMart at - - - -, -, -, WalMart - # -Money Gram Reference Order # : -The funds were sent via Money Gram to a WalMart in -, the same day. No further information concerning the recipient WalMart store. 4. After I sent the funds, I asked - when the truck would be picked up. On - - he sent me a text telling me he 'd let me know. That 's the last I heard from him. 5. On Friday - -, I attempted to use my - - - - ( - ) - card to buy lunch and it was rejected. I later learned that all my - accounts were frozen & I had a negative balance due to a large, phony check. - said I had to pay the face amount of the phony check. 6. I reported this incident to the - County Sheriff 's Department and they made a report, but they will not investigate the matter. On - - I reported the fraud to Money Gram, and they said that they would make a report, but they were n't interested in any of the details or in investigating the matter, referring me back to the local police.