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 web posted October 31, 2007 EDGEFIELD – An Edgefield woman gave EdgefieldDaily.com a letter and a check for $2,500 that came in the mail to her daughter and asked if it was a possible scam. The enclosed letter stated that a Company named ICM was hiring for a “Quality Assurance Analyst” and all they asked was that she make a money transfer and then send in a report about the company “Money Gram” which was to be used for the transfer. In return, she would keep $250 of the $2,500 check that was also enclosed. The $2,500 check is to be deposited into the woman’s bank account and then she is to withdraw $2,250 ($2,150 to be used in the transfer and $100 to cover the cost of the transfer) and the remaining $250 is to be considered payment for the “training exercise”.  In the end, the woman will be out the entire $2,500 when the check comes back as fake. EdgefieldDaily.com has reported several of the scams making their way into Edgefield County and Edgefield Sheriff’s Chief Investigator Randy Doran has said previously he is currently working several similar cases in the county. The scammers want you to send the money out of the country because they know they are out of the reach of law enforcement’s ability to make an arrest, even if they are able to ascertain who the culprit is. If someone you do not know sends you a check, promises to give you money for cashing the check, and then send them part of it to another country, it is a scam. The envelope, letters, and check will be turned over to the Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday along with the woman’s name so a report can be filed in the matter. The letter was postmarked from Canada with no return address listed. The woman said she believed the scammers were using information obtained in college applications. “I just think people around Edgefield need to know this is happening here.” ©
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