Juliana Rhodes - Qchex - Duke Walker - Jerry Chioma ripoff, fraud, check fraud, bad check, ripoff Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria

These scammers are very good at their jobs. They entice us with nice looking photographs, usually stolen from modeling agency websites, like Focushawaii.com, newfaces.com, etc, they chat with us a while, gain our trust, empathy and affection. Then they need a little "help". Qchecks is commonly used by them to separate us from our money. The checks look good, the bank releases the funds, we send the money, then the bank wants the money back. Nothing we can do about it. This happens to thousands of people every year.

There is a support group on Yahoo Groups, called Romancescams. (((ROR REDACTED LINK FOR SECURITY PURPOSES)))

Nearly 15,000 scammed members since June of 2005, when it was started. The group deals with the emotional and legal issues surrounding these scams. They also direct victims to report the scam artists to the proper authorities, and maintain a database of scammer information and photos used.

Our only tool against these scammers at present, is education. Spread the word. If you see a picture that appears to be a model picture on a dating website, whether male or female, it is most likely a scammer from Nigeria.

For Help, Support and Information, visit the Yahoo Group, Romancescams.(((ROR REDACTED LINK FOR SECURITY PURPOSES)))

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Channel 10 news in San Diego is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission is taking legal action against Qchex. The FTC filed a lawsuit asking a judge to stop Qchex from "engaging in unfair acts or practices". The lawsuit accuses Qchex of taking money from bank accounts without the account holder's authorization or knowledge.

this happened to me too except from a Timmy Williams who supposedly was offering me a secretary job and was advancing me money then later said he made a mistake and over did the check and needed me to send back $3,500 back to him, western union transfer. So I did what you did too, went to my bank and then came back as fraud. same check company as well.

My bank who will not be disclosed here said that this is going around bad in the US. Anything that is Nigeria on it is FRAUD, the bank rep told me but in the meantime there is nothing I can do and now have to pay the debt to my bank that I was a victim of fraud like you $4,500 I have to pay back now. Have lowered it down to $2,150 but it's now on my credit report as unpaid.

It sucks but there is nothing I can do but pay it off. The check was $9,800 but was lucky and didn't pull any out but was screwed from the $4,500 money order that was sent. the $9,800 I was able to report to the athorities but the money order the cops said I can't do anything about it because anyone can cancel a money order, not a crime.

Hello,
I am sorry to hear of your experience. I have met women who say they are in Lago Nigeria for some strange reason, but they are actually from the United States, and the majority of the ones I have met say they are from my area. They post very beautiful photos, and then say that they want to come home, but no banks will accept their checks because of all of the scams over there. They ask men like us to deposit these bogus checks and send the money back to them, and then they say that they want to meet, and may even ask if they can stay with you while they are looking for a apartment. I trash these emails as soon as I get the word they are working in Nigeria. That is hard to belieive, it is very dangerous there, and I could never picture a young girl going there alone with no way of returning home. These scam artist know that they will get away with this, because U.S.law enforcement is not going to spend the money to locate someone who probably does not exist, to get back $4000.00. Western Union will tell you when you ask about sending money to Nigeria to be aware of the scams going on there. These girls get indignant and then try to make you feelm bad when you refuse to send them thousands of dollars. Afterc just 2 or 3 emails they will say your not the man I thought you were,and we could never have a life together if you do not trust me. I have even have them accuse me of planning to steal the money I do not want them to send anyway.

Again, I am sorry for your experience. You are not alone in being scammed by these people. Good luck to you in the future.
Dave

Q-Chex is an online check printing service that will quickly and easily send a check for anyone who signs up on their website. They do not verify account status, validity or ownership before printing a check and sending it to the unsuspecting victim. Its very possible that the account holder shown on the check you were given is not the actual account holder, usually they use a stolen account number and accompany it with a false name. Q-Chex does absolutely nothing to make sure this doesnt happen. When their customer service is called and asked why they aid scammers in screwing people out of their money the CSR reps become angry and usually yell at you. This company is crap.