Bonjour,
Il s'agit en effet d'un cas de
fraude classique comme on en rencontre de nombreux sur Internet! Habituellement le chèque ou la traite envoyée est faux (voir explication suite à ce message, malheureusement en anglais elle aussi
).
Il y a déjà depuis longtemps un avertissement apparaissant en rotation en bas de votre compte de membre:
"Soyez prudents! Comme toujours, restez vigilants en traitant avec des gens en dehors de votre quartier / ville. N'encaissez JAMAIS de chèques, mandats ou traites de personnes en dehors du pays!"
Nous vous invitons donc à ignorer ce type de message et à faire uniquement affaire avec des personnes de votre quartier/ville.
Cordialement,
L'équipe de MaGarderie
Citation:
We advise you to be extremely wary when dealing with persons outside the country. Often a person in a foreign country will try to get money out of you by committing fraud.
The scenario goes more or less like this:
Someone sends you an email using the contact information found on a website (it’s one of the downside of using the Internet I’m afraid). They state they need childcare for their son/daughter while they come to Canada. The person then sends a bogus check/money order, and wants you to take out your charges for the month and send him/her the rest of the money. The check/money order will be fake.
There are variations to this scenario and sometimes it can even come from someone in Canada, but you get the point. We advise you to always be careful and simply use common sense: ***ONLY accept cash and/or in person payments*** and all will be well.
As always on the Internet, we advise you to be cautious, especially when dealing with persons from outside the country and/or persons asking you to cash checks, money orders or similar items. Please stay safe. The Internet is a powerful tool to find new clients but you still have to use common sense and only deal with persons from your neighborhood/city!
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