Indian printer named in fraud mail racket in US
Sep 25, 2016 07:25 AM IST
WASHINGTON: US authorities have named an Indian printer in a multi-country mailing scam that targeted the elderly and vulnerable by offering them millions of dollars in cash prize or reward in return for a small processing fee.
According to the complaint filed in a US court on Friday, “fraudulent direct mailers create letters falsely claiming that the recipient has won, or will soon win, cash or valuable prizes, or otherwise will come into good fortune.”
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But in order to receive the sum, the recipient is required to send across a small amount of money as taxes or processing fee.
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