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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Are you sure that was a true bank to bank wire transfer? For a wire transfer the sender must have a valid bank account with the balance to be transferred, and the recipient must have a valid bank account for the money to be transferred to. The funds may take a few hours to actually transfer, but the balance is held by the sender's bank upon time of transfer. As the recipient, your bank can normally confirm within a few minutes that the transfer is valid and in progress. I'm not sure how you would defraud that system.
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I'm just sharing a nightmare story I heard, don't know specific details...but do know a grown man was feeling very badly about being duped for lot$a $