[net.general] WARNING ON POSTAL MONEY ORDERS

ped@bunkerb.UUCP (___) (04/18/84)

      ****  WARNING  ****  WARNING  ****  WARNING ****

            DO NOT ACCEPT Postal Money Orders. 

    There is a scam where someone buys something from you, 
or asks you to cash a supposedly very reliable postal money 
order. It will turn out that the money order was purchased 
for a dollar and altered to some other higher value.

    If Deposited in your account, the Bank will deduct it from
your acount when the Post Office rejects it.

    Be Safe DO NOT ACCEPT THEM TO START WITH.