Consumer Fraud Prevention

BE SURE THE PERSON OR COMPANY TO WHOM YOU ARE SENDING MONEY (OR AT WHOSE REQUEST YOU ARE SENDING MONEY) IS SOMEONE YOU KNOW AND TRUST. BE SURE TO KEEP INFORMATION RELATING TO YOUR TRANSACTION CONFIDENTIAL. ONCE THE MONEY HAS BEEN PAID OUT TO THE PERSON YOU NAME AS THE RECEIVER, CANCELLATION OR REFUND IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE. IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL OR CHANGE A TRANSACTION, PLEASE CONTACT CHOICE MONEY TRANSFER, INC..

CHOICE MONEY TRANSFER, Inc. offers an efficient and speedy way to send money throughout the world. Unfortunately, some fraud perpetrators use our services to fool or trick consumers with a variety of scams.
Be very suspicious if you receive the following:

• A check or money order sent to you if you are asked to cash the item at your bank and to send a portion of the funds to someone else through CHOICE MONEY TRANSFER, Inc.. If the check is counterfeit your bank will make you cover the loss. Be warned that counterfeit checks look very real.
• A telephone call telling you that you have won money or a prize and that you need to send money to pay for taxes, customs fees, etc.
• A response to your newspaper ad for a lost pet or lost personal items , because fraud perpetrators use the classified ads to find people to contact and pretend that they have the lost item.
• A suggestion from a stranger that you send money to a friend or relative as a show of "good faith" because legitimate business is not conducted in this manner. They will tell you that by sending the money in the name of a friend that they will be able to collect the funds. That is not true. Con artists often use fake identification to pretend to be someone else.
• A suggestion from a stranger that you send money to a friend or relative as a show of "good faith" because legitimate business is not conducted in this manner. They will tell you that by sending the money in the name of a friend that they will be able to collect the funds. That is not true. Con artists often use fake identification to pretend to be someone else.
• An email that seems to be from CHOICE MONEY TRANSFER, Inc., no matter how real it looks, because CHOICE MONEY TRANSFER, Inc. is not an Internet escrow service or a shipment service and we NEVER email a confirmation notice to inform a person that a CHOICE MONEY TRANSFER, Inc. transfer has been sent to them for payment of an Internet purchase.
• Instructions to mislead CHOICE MONEY TRANSFER, Inc. are a clear warning sign that something is not right. Con artists are very clever and they will often be familiar with CHOICE MONEY TRANSFER, Inc.'s efforts to prevent fraud. So, if someone coaches you to not tell CHOICE MONEY TRANSFER, Inc. the truth about parts of your transaction, then you should not do the transaction.
  
  Here are some ways you can protect yourself:
• PPurchasing merchandise on the Internet. Be very careful if you must send money to pay for merchandise purchased on the Internet. Many Internet auction sites offer a system to assure payment to the seller and receipt of the goods to the purchaser that affords greater protection to both parties.
• Be careful to whom you send money. Keep information relating to your transaction confidential, and be suspicious about a person who wants you to send money to them (or someone else) with a test question.
• It may be too good to be true. Research thoroughly before sending money in response to a newspaper or magazine ad for airline, concert or similar tickets. The same is true for offers of loans or credit cards where you are asked to send money for fees before signing any documents. Be suspicious of very cheap deals. CHOICE MONEY TRANSFER, Inc. cannot ensure that the goods or services you are paying for will be received.
  Here are some resources available to you in the United States:
• Report Fraud. To report fraud to the Internet Fraud Complaint Center, go to www.ifccfbi.gov. This is a partnership between The FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. For a list of different types of fraud schemes or to report a fraud, you can also go to www.consumer.gov/sentinel.
• Call Before you Send Money. If you are suspicious, contact the Better Business Bureau, AARP or your local Attorney General before sending any money.