TAL
INSPECTORS.
>> HERE IS THE WINNINGS.
BRIAN: POSTAL INSPECTORS SAY THE
CONS ARE VERY ELABORATE,
COLORFUL LETTERS TELLING PEOPLE
THEY'VE WON LOTS OF MONEY WITH
THEY HAVE ONE -- THAT THEY HAVE
ONE LOTS OF MONEY -- WON LOTS OF
MONEY.
>> THEY TRUSTED PEOPLE.
THEY TRUSTED THESE SCAMMERS.
BRIAN: BUT TO GET THEIR MONEY,
VICTIMS HAD TO SEND MONEY
THROUGH A WESTERN UNION WIRE
TRANSFER.
THE PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS AND
GIVE THAT FIRST PAYMENT.
BRIAN NOW, SOME OF THE VICTIMS
: ARE GETTING THEIR MONEY BACK.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WESTERN UNION
AGREED TO FORFEIT THAT MONEY
WHILE ADMITTING THAT IT DIDN'T
DO ENOUGH TO STOP THE FRAUD.
SO RIGHT NOW, LETTERS LIKE THIS
ARE BEING DELIVERED TO MORE THAN
HALF A MILLION VICTIMS
NATIONWIDE, TELLING THEM HOW
THEY CAN GET THEIR MONEY BACK.
FOR YEARS NOW, I HAVE BEEN
TELLING YOU ABOUT THE DANGERS OF
WIRE TRANSFERS, BECAUSE MOST OF
THE TIME, WHEN YOU SEND THAT
MONEY, IT IS GONE.
THEY HAVE RECOVERED $700 MILLION
FROM VICTIMS, AND THEY'VE CAUGHT
THE ATTENTION OF THE SCAMMERS.
THIS THREATENING PHONE MESSAGE
WAS LEFT FOR ONE POSTAL
INSPECTOR IN HARRISBURG.
>> IF I CATCH YOU, I WILL PUT A
BULLET IN YOUR [BEEP] BRAIN.